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...
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...
Organisers of a popular seafood festival say it will return to its original venue in 2026 and will be free to attend. Dorset Seafood Festival has been running in Weymouth for 17 years but was cancelled in 2025 due to repairs to the peninsula sea wall. The 2026 festival will take place on a “smaller...
Thieves who toured the country to break into cash machines to steal hundreds of thousands of pounds have been jailed. Luke McCarthy, 40, and Harry Thomas, 29, both from Bristol, played leading roles as groups took power tools to machines 16 times, mostly on petrol station forecourts and in supermarkets at night. Prosecutors said the...
Work has begun on the next stage of a two-year coastal defence project. Photos have been released showing how engineers are replacing two existing timber groynes at the beach below East Cliff in Bournemouth. This phase of work is expected to take until December. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council warned the public to keep...
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Proposals to build 65 dwellings in open fields overlooking Exeter near Barley Valley Nature Reserve have prompted 175 objections, with a public consultation on the plans still to run until the end of ...
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Retirement home developer McCarthy Stone is set to build 36 retirement flats on a former school playing field in the heart of Heavitree following its submission of an application for full planning per...
Emily Ford, Niki Hinman & James AldridgeBBC News & Local Democracy Reporting Service BBC An example of the graffiti seen in Whitley Wood, Reading, on Thursday Councils across the south of Engl...
There’s a family butchers that’s been serving Bridport since 1515. Source link...
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25 stories for the 2025 summer recess The Exeter Observer team is taking a short break from publishing during the summer recess to carry out essential maintenance and development work. We’ve picked 25...