Two more men have been arrested on suspicion of murder and burglary following the death of a woman in her 80s. Dorset Police found her body at an address in Higher Blandford Road, Poole, shortly after 16:50 GMT on 1 December and noticed signs of a possible break-in. A 22-year-old man from Wimborne and a...
Dave GilyeatSouth of England Duathlon World Championships Zoe Tucker won gold at the world championships in July A duathlon world champion has described the theft of her racing bike as a “devastating loss”. Zoe Tucker, from Sherborne in Dorset, had her £7,000 measured-to-fit Giant Propel, alongside another similar model, stolen from her garage at some...
Downing Street has insisted the government backs pubs, as a growing number sign up to a campaign to bar Labour MPs from their premises in protest at tax rates. The Labour MP ban was kicked off a week ago by Andy Lennox, landlord of the Old Thatch in Dorset, championing the ban and more than...
A video from Picnic Park Deli showed smoke rising from the Bournemouth International Centre A man has pleaded guilty to intentionally starting a fire at a seaside concert and conference venue. Smoke was seen billowing from the roof of the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) on Exeter Road in August, with fire crews fighting the enveloping...
The family of a grandmother who died in an SUV crash in Dorset have said they are “forever proud” of her. Rebecca French, 51, and a man in his 30s were travelling in a white Vauxhall Grandland on the B3082 Blandford Road near Badbury Rings when it crashed on Sunday shortly before 21:55 GMT. Dorset...
The chalk hill figure of the Cerne Abbas Giant is a proud figure of the Dorset landscape. Source link...
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Two more men have been arrested on suspicion of murder and burglary following the death of a woman in her 80s. Dorset Police found her body at an address in Higher Blandford Road, Poole, shortly after 16:50 GMT on 1 December and noticed signs of a possible break-in. A 22-year-old man from Wimborne and a...

Joe SkirkowskiWest of England BBC Pupils at Haygrove School in Somerset are being punished for wearing mascara and false eyelashes Parents have described a make-up ban at their children’s school as “ridiculous”. They said that pupils at Haygrove School in Bridgwater, Somerset, have been inspected and separated from their peers for wearing fake eyelashes and...

Downing Street has insisted the government backs pubs, as a growing number sign up to a campaign to bar Labour MPs from their premises in protest at tax rates. The Labour MP ban was kicked off a week ago by Andy Lennox, landlord of the Old Thatch in Dorset, championing the ban and more than...

Dave GilyeatSouth of England Duathlon World Championships Zoe Tucker won gold at the world championships in July A duathlon world champion has described the theft of her racing bike as a “devastating loss”. Zoe Tucker, from Sherborne in Dorset, had her £7,000 measured-to-fit Giant Propel, alongside another similar model, stolen from her garage at some...

Google National Grid said the works were needed to supply electricity to a new housing development The end of roadworks that had caused delays and disruption in a Devon town have been welcomed by traders. There were three-way traffic lights around Drake’s statue in Tavistock which had caused congestion on a main route into the...

A man who flipped his car during a police pursuit has been jailed for 16 months. Jean-Luc Coombe, 29, of Forth an Venegh, Bodmin, Cornwall, appeared at Truro Crown Court on Thursday and was sentenced for dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, driving without insurance and failing to stop for police. He had previously admitted the...
A man who concealed the murder of his partner in his flat has been jailed. Mark Fitzgerald, 62, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years and 168 days after being found guilty over the murde...
A video from Picnic Park Deli showed smoke rising from the Bournemouth International Centre A man has pleaded guilty to intentionally starting a fire at a seaside concert and conference venue. Smoke w...
Plans for a new 1,050-pupil secondary school on the north coast of Cornwall have been cancelled by the Government. Perranporth Academy had been due to open in September 2026 as a free school to ease p...
There have been strange sounds, smells and sights at Shepton Mallet Prison gym. Source link...
Surrey Police Robert Rhodes, 52, has been convicted of murdering his wife, Dawn Rhodes, in a trial at Inner London Crown Court A man has been found guilty of murdering his wife following a retrial und...
A new owner for Paignton and Newquay zoos has been found. Julie Skentelbery has more. Source link...
The family of a grandmother who died in an SUV crash in Dorset have said they are “forever proud” of her. Rebecca French, 51, and a man in his 30s were travelling in a white Vauxhall Grand...
Plymouth Argyle defender Jack Mackenzie could return to training in the new year. The summer signing from Aberdeen has yet to kick a ball in anger for the Pilgrims after a series of injuries that bega...
Exeter City striker Sonny Cox has been challenged to score more goals after his return from injury. The 21-year-old has missed almost three months with a groin problem, but came on as a substitute in ...
BBC Government funding and local money will be used for the project About £2.2m will be used to improve existing sections of a popular walking and cycling trail. The changes to the Tarka Trail in nort...













