Charities in Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset get lottery funding boost
MORE than 800 charities – including in Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset – have got a new year funding boost…
Merry Christmas! But have you been singing carols all wrong?
IT’S Christmas Day – and we’ve all spent recent weeks belting out our favourite carols… But did you know, you…
Ambulance trust urges people to ‘help us to help you’ over busy period
PEOPLE are being urged to do their bit to help the ambulance service this Christmas as it prepares for…
The most scrapped car of 2023 revealed
THE Ford Focus was the most scrapped car in 2023, according to new data. A survey by car publication, Autocar,…
Pharmacies open on Christmas Day in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire
A NUMBER of pharmacies are opening on Christmas Day for those in need of advice and medication. Below is a…
Wareham Sycamore: felling refused for protected tree
A BID to fell a mature sycamore in Wareham has been rejected.
Cigarettes stolen from garage near Swanage
CIGARETTES were stolen in an early-morning raid at a garage near Swanage. Thieves targeted Foleys Garage, in Valley Road, Harmans…
Author recreates picturesque Dorset holidays after 60 years away
AFTER 60 years away, a man has recreated his childhood holidays to Purbeck. As a child,…
People hospitalised after crash near Dorchester: Police
PEOPLE involved in a crash near Dorchester required hospital treatment, police said. The incident, at around 10.40am on Monday (December…
Swanage flood defence blocks reconfigured this week after storm battering
CONCRETE blocks on Swanage seafront have been reconfigured after taking a battering during recent storms. The defences, installed by the…