The money came from across the world and will help buy land around the Cerne Abbas Giant. Source link...
Wessex Water says it helps protect properties from flooding and is allowed by the Environment Agency Source link...
People living in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole could face a 7.5% rise in their council tax. Source link...
Callum Baker-Osborne saved several younger relatives who were carried out to sea by a rip tide. Source link...
The Twin Sails Bridge in Poole has been closed for safety reasons since the end of August. Source link...
There’s more rain on the horizon, Alexis Green has the forecast. Source link...
A steam locomotive has made its first official appearance following a 10-year restoration project by volunteers. The 1954 loco, a class 62 engine from the former Yugoslavia, was brought to the UK in 2...
A town’s first statue of a non-royal woman has been unveiled. The life-size bronze of novelist Sylvia Townsend Warner has been installed in Dorchester, Dorset. It is the work of charity Visible ...
But he has struggled in Australia, returning figures of 2-266 in two tour matches. Bashir has also looked short of rhythm in the nets. England did not select another specialist spinner in their squad ...
Sewage from a tug boat that discharged into a harbour has been contained, according to port authorities. The BBC has been told that staff were informed in an email from Portland Port, Dorset, that sew...
Chris McHugh/BBC Julia’s House Children’s Hospice is supporting Skye (centre) and her family while she experiences an unknown condition “It didn’t feel like end-of-life care...
Ruth BradleyPolitics reporter, BBC Somerset LDRS Somerset Council sold the building in Taunton for £1.7m in April A planning application has been submitted to turn a building which used to be part of ...
BBC Paul Sweet is offering advice based on his experience of diabetes and cardiovascular disease A new campaign encouraging people to help themselves stay healthy this winter. The NHS in Cornwall and ...
An annual music festival will not be impacted by a project to improve the area’s sewage network, a water company has confirmed. South West Water said Sidmouth Folk Festival would not be affected...
BBC Experts say since the Covid-19 pandemic parents have been more cautious sending children to school Amid a flurry of headlines about rising flu cases this winter it is not surprising that some pare...
BBC Topics in the news this week include van dwellers, a birthday for a race track and a man due to be sentenced over drug smuggling It’s a busy week of news coming up in the West of England. We...