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...
Bridport Town Council Crowdfunding supporters attended the unveiling of the recast sculpture A popular sculpture of a dog has been reinstalled after a crowdfunding appeal to get it recast. Stalking Do...
Environment Agency The new gates were installed in August 2024 using a 400-tonne crane New flood defence gates to protect 185 properties in Cornwall are “fully operational”, the Environmen...
A woman has sustained a potentially serious injury in a road crash involving a car and a pedestrian in Plymouth. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called at 09:10 BST after the incident on ...
A man has been charged over an assault at a pub which left another man seriously injured. Jordan Foster, 28, of Hugh Squier Avenue, South Molton, Devon, appeared at Exeter Magistrates’ Court on ...
Maternity and paediatric units which were closed over safety fears have been given a reopening date, subject to meeting specific criteria. The service at Yeovil District Hospital (YDH) was closed on 1...
Available for over a year Sophie Parker’s breast cancer symptoms were dismissed because she was “too young”, before a protracted journey to diagnoses and treatment. She is taking to ...
It’s time to find out about the Owlman of Mawnan Wood. Source link...
Sammy JenkinsWest of England and Matty EdwardsBristol BBC Work to improve the surface of walkways is expected to take six months Swimmers say they will miss using a marine lake while it is closed for ...
A man has been charged with a series of offences including rape, possession of a knife and imitation firearm. Dorset Police were called at about 09:45 BST on 8 October after after a woman reported she...
A motorcyclist has been badly hurt in a crash, police have said. The single-vehicle crash happened on the A386 at Grenofen, Tavistock, at 06:15 BST, Devon and Cornwall Police said. The force said the ...