Deadline approaching for Dorset community fund applications
COMMUNITY projects including play areas, theatres, sports clubs and village halls could benefit from funding to build or improve…
Residents reassured after Legionella bacteria found on Bibby Stockholm
RESIDENTS are being reassured over the quality of water in Portland and the surrounding area after the Bibby Stockholm…
More than £100 million to be spent on South West road this year
MORE than £100 million is set to be spent updating roads, paths and bridges in the south west this…
Some hospital appointments postponed as junior doctors walk out
SOME hospital appointments have been postponed after junior doctors walked out this morning in the latest industrial action. Amid an…
Death of man, 29, in Christchurch was ‘not suspicious’, say police
A MAN arrested in connection with the death of a man in Christchurch has been released without charge. Dorset…
Young singers wow residents during Poole care home visits
A POOLE care home was filled with song during visits from two schools. Last month Dorset House, run by Care…
Wilko enters administration putting 12,000 jobs at risk
HOMEWARES retailer Wilko has gone into administration – putting around 12,000 jobs at risk. The company, which had been working…
Appeal for witnesses after man injured in crash near Poole school
A MAN in his 60s was left with serious injuries after a crash in Poole. The incident occurred at around…
Tributes to Peter Douch – of Douch Family Funeral Directors – who has died, aged 76
WELL-KNOWN Dorset businessperson Peter Douch – formerly managing director and chairman of the family’s funeral group – has died,…
£35,000 will help preserve and reveal Thomas Hardy archives in Dorset
DORSET’S history centre has been handed a £35,000 grant to help preserve the archives of author Thomas Hardy. The Dorset…