A wood chopper from Dorset is preparing to take on the world in what is often called “the original extreme sport”. Tom Redmond, from Bere Regis, will represent team GB at the Timbersports World Championships in Milan in front of 3,000 fans in the Allianz Cloud Arena. With more than 150 years of tradition, the...
Sophie Cridlandin Portsmouth BBC Cedrick left the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge in October 2024 and is now living in Portsmouth An asylum seeker who was moved off the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge a year ago has said he “will get killed” if he is forced to return to Cameroon. The last residents left the vessel,...
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...
Secrets to the foundations of the town itself could lie in a new dig. Source link...
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 secondary school plans to become a phone-free space after pupils were able to view disturbing videos online. Will Penny, head teacher of Backwell School in Somerset, said he was considering spending...
Eutopia Homes has submitted minor design revisions to its application for full planning permission for a 300-bed seven storey “co-living” complex between Bartholomew Street East and Mary Arches Street...
A lorry fire has forced the closure of part of the M5 in Devon. The fire broke out on the northbound side of the motorway between junctions 30 and 29 in Exeter at about 11:35 BST, said Devon and Somer...
Ros TappendenSouth of England DWFRS The car hit a telegraph pole and caught fire, leaving hundreds of homes without internet Engineers working to restore broadband to hundreds of customers cut off fol...
A man has been left with fractured ribs and a punctured lung after being “set upon by a group”. The incident happened at about 01:05 BST on Saturday in Queen Street, Barnstaple, following ...
Human remains found on two beaches in Devon have been identified as being the same man, police have said. An investigation was launched in May after remains appeared on Westward Ho! beach near Bidefor...
Exeter boss Rob Baxter has said he has not yet started formal negotiations with players approaching the end of their contracts. England centre Henry Slade is the highest-profile Exeter player whose co...
Ros Tappenden and Fiona ClampinDorset Lucy Capes Lucy and Joel Capes say the closure of the pre-school will have a huge impact on their lives Parents of children with special educational needs and dis...
Marine medics have saved the life of a young seal after it became entangled in discarded fishing net which snagged on a mussel bed in shallow water. The grey seal was caught in a mass of net which bec...
“Ewan’s worked so hard over the last two years and used his opportunities in the Premiership Cup, but he really took his opportunities against Leicester,” added Van Graan. “Wha...