Home Office reveals barge plan for 500 asylum seekers off Dorset coast
DORSET will be home to the first berthed vessel in the UK to be used to house asylum seekers. The…
Covid mask mandate at Dorset County Hospital to end
MASKS will no longer be mandatory at a Dorset hospital from next week (April 11). Dorset County Hospital has announced…
Parking charges to rise in Dorset – but only in ‘tourist areas’
PARKING charges at Dorset Council-run car parks are increasing – but only in tourist areas. The council says new rates…
Poole Harbour waters safe to use after oil spill, say bosses
PEOPLE are being advised they can swim in waters around Poole Harbour – more than a week after an…
Wiltshire and Somerset routes set to see double traffic over Easter weekend
THE A303 could see delays this week as the big Easter getaway begins. Drivers are set to embark on up…
Drama as ‘trapped’ man rescued from cliff near White Nothe
A MAN was rescued from Dorset cliffs after an emergency call. The victim was picked up from 70 metres down…
Boy, 16, arrested after man injured in ‘altercation’ in Poole
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested after a man was injured during an an altercation. Detectives investigating a reported assault,…
CCTV appeal after man and woman assaulted in Christchurch
A MAN and a woman were assaulted in Christchurch in the early hours of Saturday morning. The incident unfolded at…
Easter holiday activities on offer in Dorset
THE Easter holidays are well underway and families across Dorset and beyond are looking for things to do. Here are…
Missing Poole man Laurence Scott found ‘safe and well’
UPDATE: MISSING Poole man Laurence Scott has been found. The 77-year-old was reported missing having last been seen at 11.10am…