General election polling: What’s predicted in YOUR area?
2024 is the year of elections. The UK is poised to head to the polls when the urge takes Rishi…
Headliners announced for 2024 Swanage Jazz Festival
HEADLINERS have been announced for the 2024 Swanage Jazz Festival. Running from July 12 to 14, the 33rd festival -…
Vandals scrawl ‘racist and anti-Semitic’ graffiti in Dorchester
RACIST or anti-Semitic graffiti was daubed on properties in Dorchester during a vandalism rampage. Six incidents of criminal damage happened…
Yellow weather warning for heavy rain in Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset
A WEATHER warning has been issued for heavy rain in Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset over the weekend. The Met Office…
Gold rings, chains and bangles among stolen items after Poole burglary
JEWELLERY – including gold bangles, chains, earrings and rings – was stolen in a burglary at a Poole property…
Machinery worth £10,000 stolen from Christchurch field
PLANT machinery worth more than £10,000 was stolen from a field in Christchurch. The theft occurred in the Blackwater area…
Police issue stalking warning on Valentine’s Day – what to look out for
IT’S Valentine’s Day – and while some unexpected gifts, cards or messages might be welcome, others could be worrying. Dorset…
Last living resident of village that ‘died for England’ returns – at the age of 99
THE last person to have been born and raised in a now-deserted Purbeck village has made a final visit…
Increase in fire service share of council tax for 2024/25 approved
THE share of council tax in Wiltshire and Dorset that goes to the fire service is to rise. At a…
Join Dorset’s Edgar Wright and have your name in Swanage theatre
DORSET-born film director Edgar Wright is backing an anniversary fundraising appeal at a Swanage theatre. The Mowlem Institute, which operates…