A woman has set up a community for women to make friends after sharing her story of post-university loneliness online. Alanis Sibley-Ware, from Bournemouth, said The Girl Collective BCP’s first meet-up will be a yoga class for all levels on 8 November, followed by a coffee. The group for women in their 20s and 30s...
Work to erect the first statue of a non-royal woman in a town has passed a major milestone with the figure being cast in bronze. Visible Women crowdfunded for the sculpture of novelist Sylvia Townsend Warner which will be installed on a bench in Dorchester town centre. It is the work of artist Denise Dutton,...
As Storm Benjamin approaches, we’ve got the forecast for the South Coast. Source link...
A woman has died in a two-car crash in Dorset. A black Kia Niro and a grey Peugeot 107 collided on the A37 near Maiden Newton, north of Dorchester, at 17:30 BST on Wednesday. The driver of the Peugeot, a 49-year-old woman from Weymouth, died at the scene. The road was closed to allow emergency...
Antoine Semenyo, Bournemouth, £8.1m – Nottingham Forest (h) Like Arsenal defence and Erling Haaland, Semenyo is essential at the moment. For some reason he wasn’t given a second assist at Crystal Palace last week, which would probably have given him some bonus points too. This match-up against Forest, a team in turmoil who have conceded...
Archaeologists are to investigate the site of a former bowling alley thought to hold evidence of a town’s medieval origins. The former MFA Bowl building in Weymouth occupied one of the earliest parts of Melcombe Regis which was founded in the late 13th Century. Preliminary investigations in 2022 revealed at least one medieval property in...
Devon News

Rainbows have been wowing people on a day when heavy rain battered the South West. In Devon and Cornwall two weather warnings were cancelled on Thursday after Storm Benjamin was due to hit. Rainfall of 50mm (1.97in) or more had been expected in some areas of Devon and Cornwall. A rainbow is formed by the...

Jonathan MorrisSouth West Devon and Cornwall Police Alison Tilsley, 63, and former rugby player Alex Wood, 43, died in the incident A care home has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 after two wheelchair users drowned and a third was seriously hurt when a leaking boat capsized during a day trip. Exeter Magistrates’ Court...

Truro City have signed former Bristol City and Cambridge United forward Seikou Janneh on a free transfer until the end of the season. The 25-year-old has been training with the National League side in recent days after leaving Kuwaiti club Al-Jazira. Janneh, who also had loan spells at Torquay United, Shrewsbury Town and AFC Wimbledon,...

PA Lorna England’s family said they have a “permanent empty void” because they miss her so much The family of a woman who was murdered by a stranger in a park say they will “never come to terms with the death of such a wonderful lady”. Lorna England, 74, was murdered as she walked home...

Two Royal Navy helicopter engineers have discovered their fathers also served together a quarter of a century ago. Harvey Lewis and Sam Skelson, who are based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, were maintaining a Wildcat helicopter aboard frigate HMS Iron Duke when Harvey made the discovery. He spoke to his father, Gaz Lewis, about his...
An annual bonfire and firework display has been cancelled following concerns over traffic congestion and an increasing need to consider how to keep pedestrians and vehicles separate. Truro City Counci...
Alistair FeeSouth of England health correspondent BBC Nicky has been given a less than a 10% chance of surviving beyond three years A woman with stage three lung cancer is trying to fund private treat...
A mural featuring seagull swooping down and pinching chips has been unveiled in a town centre. It is the third and final artwork for a project commissioned to bring “colour and interest’ t...
Villagers are trying to raise £70,000 to pay for a judicial review of a council’s decision to approve 100 new homes. Locals in Keinton Mandeville, south Somerset, say it is being “overwhel...
Visible Women/Denise Dutton Critics said the cat in the picture shared by the charity did not resemble Susie Campaigners working to install a statue of a Dorset novelist with a cat at her feet say the...
Cameron Weldon and Richard GreenSouth West South Western Railway The Department for Transport said £360 million has been invested to renew and enhance railway infrastructure to help keep trains on tim...
A support group for people with brain injuries in East Devon is hoping to expand its numbers after a successful first six months, leaders say. Minds over Matter runs once a month in a pub in Ottery St...
Seb NobleCornwall political reporter, Falmouth APCL A&P Falmouth Docks is due to undergo a £150m redevelopment over the next few years A £150m project to redevelop deep water docks will be complet...
Kirk EnglandSouth West environment and tourism correspondent BBC Will Luke created a pond on his farm near Plymouth to help improve resilience to drought and flooding Rainwater used to surge through W...
Young people are being encouraged to “take the lead” as a new youth space opens its doors. Jonathon Bray, from The Basement in Helston, Cornwall, said a number of events were due to take p...

















