Category: Dorset

Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner, Martyn Underhill is today (Thursday 12 June) launching a three month consultation to give people a greater say in how anti-social behaviour and low level crime is dealt with in the county.

Tasers were deployed during the arrest of two men in Bournemouth in the early hours of this morning (Thursday 12 June). A silver VW Passat failed to stop for officers along Wallisdown Road in Bournemouth at 12.42am and immediately after, this vehicle collided with a yellow Skoda in Edgehill Road. The driver of the Skoda and…

A unique award-winning Purbeck ball clay mining museum – planned and built by a small team of dedicated volunteers over more than a decade – was officially opened on 6 June by BBC TV ‘Antiques Roadshow’ ceramics expert and railway author Paul Atterbury.

The British Horse Society is urging England football supporters to be aware and considerate of horses during the World Cup. Flying flags on cars has potential to cause a dangerous situation for a horse and rider on the road when the flapping noise of the flag could result in a frightened horse putting the rider…

Forced marriage will become a crime in England and Wales on Monday 16 June. Dorset Police is encouraging those who believe they are victims or those who suspect an offence is about to take place to come forward and report it.

Not many 90-year-olds want to learn to use an IPad, let alone use one, but for one Ferndown resident, his online expertise has paid dividends.