People are being urged to back a crowdfunder for a Dorchester statue of the pioneering novelist Sylvia Townsend Warner, which has already got off ...

Those looking to do their Christmas shopping in Dorchester are set to benefit from free parking in the run-up to the big day ...

Concern has been raised for an elderly woman who has gone missing near Dorchester.

The National Trust South Dorset Association has arranged for Mary Van Coller to give a talk on Thursday, November 14. Taking place at the St Aldhelm’s Church Centre on Spa Road in Weymouth, the talk ...

A PROBATE and trustee notice has been published for a woman from west Dorset who has died. It is for Doreen Winnifred Duckett, maiden name Long, of Evershot, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0LB. She died on ...

An elderly woman who went missing near Dorchester has been found. As previously reported, Ros St Claire, 79, was reported missing on Tuesday, November 5. She was last been seen in Church Road in ...

REMEMBRANCE Day fundraiser Fiona Matthews made a flying start with her Spitfire of 1,500 crocheted poppies. The 56-year-old ...

Hundreds of people have donned white bed sheets in an attempt to set a new world record for the largest gathering of people ...

‘Prisoners’ were on the loose in a decommissioned jail this weekend as part of the UK’s only marathon inside a prison. Originally built in the 1800s, Dorset ’s Dorchester Prison has been closed since ...

More than five miles of the A35 were temporarily closed while officers responded to a concern for welfare at around 2pm today (November 4).

A HUGE blaze at a recycling centre, which called on 20 firefighters, was caused by a pile of mattresses. Dorset and Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service attended the fire at W&S Waste Management Ltd, on ...