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...
The head chef of a superyacht drowned after falling from a quayside in the south of France following a night out drinking, an inquest has heard. Flinn Sessions, of Wimborne, Dorset, was working on the Atlantico yacht, moored at La Ciotat, near Marseille, on 9 June 2023. An inquest at Bournemouth heard the 22-year-old visited...
Torquay United boss Paul Wotton praised an excellent first-half display after the Gulls beat Chippenham Town 3-0 in National League South. Jordan Young’s 20th-minute free-kick gave Torquay the l...
Caroline RobinsonSouth West Met Office A yellow weather warning for wind and rain has been issued for Thursday Heavy rain and wind gusts up to 60mph (96.56 km/h) are forecast for the South West on Thu...
The Premiership Women’s Rugby season kicks off on Friday following England’s World Cup triumph at Twickenham in September. The World Cup final against Canada was played in front of 81,885 ...
It was a prospect that felt even further away a year ago. Kelly acknowledged that his move to Newcastle did not go “the way he wanted” after he joined from Bournemouth on a free transfer i...
A crash has closed a stretch of a main Dorset route in both directions. The A35 is shut between the A37 Monkeys Jump Roundabout, near Dorchester, and the A3066 for Bridport following the crash overnig...
Daniel MumbyLocal Democracy Reporter and Carys NallyBBC News, West of England Getty Images Council leaders say the target set by the government is none sensible Council leaders have voiced concern tha...
Rachel RussellSouth of England Listen: Chris Wood, chair of the Dorset Police Federation, said the new service will help officers “decompress from seeing traumatic incidents” A police chie...
BBC The King Tiger tank is the oldest in the world and needs to be fully rebuilt inside An ambitious £1m plan to restore one of World War Two’s most formidable tanks has been launched by a Dorse...
Charlie TaylorSomerset and Clara BullockSomerset Getty Images Sarah Parish started her acting career in Yeovil Actor Sarah Parish, known for appearing in Cutting It and Doctor Who, said her career wou...
BBC Steve began having his feet treated fortnightly at Shekinah’s free podiatry clinic A man who had been living in his car for four months has spoken about the life-changing support he received...