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...
charlessainsburyplaice.co.uk Former fashion designer Roger Saul now farms walnuts in Somerset with wife Monty A fashion designer who turned his hand to walnut farming has boasted a bumper crop of the ...
A council has extended the deadlines for two consultations after residents reported problems giving their views online. The consultations for Dorset Council’s Local Transport Plan and Local Plan...
BBC Kelly Pardy’s eight-week nature prescription included snorkelling and rock-pooling Kelly Pardy was born with juvenile macular degeneration – a visual impairment that affects her centra...
Linzi Kinghorn and Sophie CridlandSouth of England (L-R) Krystel Vida, Alice Cutler and Charlie Cobb are competing in the 2025 Miss, Ms and Mrs Great Britain categories Three finalists competing for a...
DeepWreckDiver/Youtube Dominic Robinson explored the wreck last September A deep-sea diver believes he has solved the mystery of a cargo vessel which disappeared more than 150 years ago. Dominic Robin...
Joe SkirkowskiWest of England BBC Rail replacement buses will run between Bristol and Bath Spa Rail passengers are being urged to plan ahead due to potential disruption caused by maintenance work duri...
Jen SmithSouth West health correspondent BBC Candi Hulley had to learn how to speak and eat again during her recovery for mouth cancer A woman whose tongue had to be reconstructed with a piece of her ...
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The family of the woman who was murdered by a stranger in Devon are still coming to terms with her loss, an inquest has heard. Wife, mother and grandmother Lorna England, 74, was murdered as she walke...
Guy HendersonLocal Democracy Reporting Service Guy Henderson/LDRS MP Steve Darling (bottom left) wants Health Secretary Wes Streeting to visit Torbay Hospital A Devon MP has urged the health secretary...