A former Dorset Police officer has been jailed for nine months for harassment and data protection offences.
Former Police Constable Allan Christopher Smith, of Bovington, was sentenced at Dorchester Crown Court today, 10 July, for multiple harassment with fear of violence offences and obtaining and disclosing confidential police information.
A crew from Ballard School, an independent co-educational school in New Milton, Hampshire, proved their sea legs in this year’s ‘Round the Island’ boat race around the Isle Of Wight, when they came second in their class. In the annual 50 nautical mile one-day yacht race, where 1,584 boats set sail from Cowes, the team…
Y9 & Y12 Ferndown Upper School students were challenged out of their comfort zone on a fabulous community day during the week commencing 6 July.
The beginning of July saw Ferndown Upper School’s second week-long Summer Show, where a comprehensive range of students’ work from Fine Art, Photography and Textiles, at both GCSE and A Level, went on display to the public.
Bere Regis II XI were named the Dorset Funeral Plan team of the month for June – after going unbeaten.
They are now top of division six having gained maximum points in all their games during the month.
The children of a woman who tragically died in a collision near Wimborne have paid tribute to her. Whilst driving home after her sister’s funeral on 10 June, 49-year-old Tereasa Cutler from Ringwood was involved in a head-on collision with a black BMW 3 Series on the A31 between the Lake Gates and Merley Bird…
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals (RBCH) have introduced a state-of-the-art system which can track equipment and show where in the hospital items are located.
An exceptional Dorset man, who has tirelessly served the local community for five years, was recognised with a national honour yesterday 9 July.
A man has been jailed for two years and four months for attempting to burgle two houses and interfere with nine cars in Bournemouth.
Detectives investigating the armed robbery of a newsagent where cash and around £12,500 worth of cigarettes were stolen have released CCTV images of the offenders. The incident happened at around 7.16am on Sunday 24 May 2015 at McColls convenience store on Alder Road in Poole. Two men entered the store and threatened staff with a…