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...
Chloe Marie Aston Ms Aston was performing in Tamworth when the van was taken A woman who set out to busk in every town in the UK with her custom-built “piano bike” has cancelled a string o...
Terry Burton Filming took place at Kynance Cove among other places in the region People around the South West have said the production of a new Harry Potter TV series is “absolutely massive̶...
Ross CraneWest of England BBC The social enterprise group had been given “exclusivity status” to buy the Saxonvale site A council has confirmed it will vote to decide whether a derelict si...
Police have launched an investigation after a carrier bag containing a human skull was found next to a statue in Devon. Officers were called to Kings Quay, in Brixham, at 15:40 BST on Thursday where t...
Marcus WhiteSouth of England PA Leonard Farruku took his own life on the Bibby Stockholm barge An asylum seeker who took his own life on the Bibby Stockholm barge would still be alive were it not for ...
George ThorpeSouth West and Seb NobleCornwall political reporter BBC Business owners think Extended Producer Responsibility would force price rises for customers Businesses in the South West have rais...
Ruth Bradley and Michelle RuminskiSomerset politics reporters, Taunton BBC Parents and children gathered outside County Hall in Taunton Dozens of families gathered outside a council’s headquarte...
Reading FC says it will support the “strongest possible action” if an alleged racist comment from one of its supporters is proven. The Royals’ League One match at Exeter City on Satu...
Available for over a year Several hundred swimmers took part in the Daily Dip for Dave sea swim at Gyllyngvase beach in Falmouth at the weekend. It was all in support of Ruth Hitchcock and her husband...
Daniel MumbyLocal Democracy Reporting Service Juliet Eardley More than 100 residents in Crewkerne have objected to the plans Residents in a countryside market town have said local services and infrast...