Category: Dorset

Planning permission to build a large solar station on a protected wildlife site, Rampisham Down in west Dorset, has been put on hold by the Department for Communities and Local Government, under the Town and Country Planning Order 1995.

Police in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a spate of arson attacks on vehicles over the weekend. Six vehicles were set alight in locations off and near to the Rodwell Trail. The first happened at Asda on Marsh Road between 8.55pm and 9.05pm on Saturday 31 January.…

Detectives investigating the murder of 25-year-old Samantha Henderson have renewed their appeal for the public’s help.
Samantha, of Halves Cottages, was reported missing at 8.43am on Thursday 22 January. The last confirmed reported sighting of the mother-of-four was at around 3pm on Wednesday 21 January outside Corfe Castle Primary School in East Street.

They may look like ordinary schoolboys out for a night at the cinema, but Oliver Payne and Finlay Wright-Stephens from Christchurch were given a Hollywood style welcome at the Regent Centre at the weekend.

Bournemouth Hospital Charity (BHC) is looking for daredevils to take to the skies and wing walk to raise money for its Orchard Garden Project. The exhilarating 10 minute experience will take the brave to speeds of 130mph and 10 daring fundraisers have already signed up. BHC is now looking for a further 19 volunteers to…

Detectives searching for 25-year-old Samantha Henderson have found a body in Hamworthy, Poole. At around 1pm today (30 January), officers searching for the mother-of-four discovered a body in the lake of Ham Common. The body is thought to be that of Samantha Henderson and her next of kin have been informed. Her Majesty’s Coroner has…

Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a theft in Ferndown on 28 November 2014. It happened at 10.58am at the Ferndown branch of Lloyds Bank. An amount of money was withdrawn from the bank account of the victim, a 37-year-old Bournemouth man, after he had discovered that his card…

Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole has pledged her support to Prostate Cancer UK’s Men United campaign at a reception at the House of Commons.
The new campaign, which started on 29 January, aims to ‘keep friendships alive’ by encouraging men to see their mates more and do something great together to help beat prostate cancer.

Detectives investigating the murder of 25-year-old Samantha Henderson are now carrying out searches in Hamworthy, Poole.
Samantha, of Halves Cottages in Corfe Castle, was reported missing at 8.43am on Thursday 22 January.