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The scam text that has been sent out Picture: Dorchester Police

Warning after Winter Fuel Payment scam resurfaces in Dorset

DORSET residents are being asked to be vigilant after a Winter Fuel Payment scam is making the rounds. Police said…

The existing site, left, with the proposed alterations, right Pictures: Briffa Phillips Architects

Dorchester building to be converted into 23 flats and small business hub under new plans

A FORMER builder’s merchant in Dorchester could be partly demolished and converted into 23 apartments and a small business…

The Zawose Queens – Pendo and Leah Zawose – will be showcasing the fluid polyrhythms and rapturous polyphonic singing of the Gogo (aka Wagogo) people when they appear at Purbeck Valley Folk Festival Picture: Purbeck Valley Folk Festival

Beard-offs, ceilidhs, world music and more all to come at Purbeck Valley Folk Festival

WORLD music stars are set to descend on Dorset next week for the Purbeck Valley Folk Festival (PVFF). Held at…

Dorset shops asked to stop selling disposable BBQs to cut fire risk

RETAILERS in Dorset are being asked to no longer sell disposable barbeques in the wake of several fires. As another…

Winfrith operated between 1959 and 1992 Picture: EA

Views wanted over plans to bury radioactive waste at Winfrith

DORSET residents are being asked whether radioactive waste should be buried and left behind following the decommissioning of a…

Sibu on his birthday Picture: Monkey World

Rescue centre needs YOUR help to feed orphaned orangutan

A PRIMATE rescue centre near Wool has launched an appeal to help feed an orphaned orangutan. Bornean orang-utan Sibu Jr…

The tireless firefighters have been working non-stop Picture: Swanage Fire Station

“Big flare-up” sees firefighters enter day FOUR of battling forest blaze

FIREFIGHTERS have spent the past four days battling a fierce fire at a forest near Wareham. Flames were first spotted…

Robert Bertram, Chief Executive of the HELP Appeal, presents the final £500,000 instalment of their £2million donation to Dorset County Hospital staff Picture: DCH

£2 million donation secures new helipad for Dorset County Hospital

A NEW state-of-the-art helipad will be built on the roof of a new building of Dorset County Hospital (DCH)…

Sensors have already been installed at Dorchester Library Picture: Dorset Council

Tech to track public toilet and library use in Dorset

ANYONE that uses public toilets in Dorset will soon have their toilet breaks tracked by the council. Sensors are being…

A 45-year-old and a 19-year-old have both been arrested Picture: Google

Pair arrested after Dorchester property broken into and 50-inch TV stolen

POLICE arrested two people after a 50-inch TV was stolen from an address in Dorchester. A property on Great Western…