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...
A series of major upgrades to a key route between two cities have been unveiled. The West of England Combined Authority (Weca) revealed on Tuesday new proposals to revamp the A4 between Bristol and Ba...
The Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset Julie Matthews was given her medal for services to mental health in Somerset A mental health practictioner who was awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) said the ceremon...
Leigh BoobyerWest of England BBC Kelly Faiers, 61, from Weston-super-Mare was found “critically ill” before dying in Minehead A police force provided an “unacceptable” level of...
Lee TrewhelaLocal Democracy Reporting Service and Dan WareingSouth West BBC There are currently six taxi zones across Cornwall Proposals to change the way taxis operate in Cornwall will leave passenge...
Rachel RussellSouth of England Chris Perfect Alice Cutler was crowned Miss Great Britain at the competition’s 2025 national final on Friday A woman has won a national beauty queen title while ca...
Cameron Weldon and John HendersonSouth West BBC Ricky Stubberfield, who ran a teeth whitening business in Plymouth, was arrested in June 2024 A man who ran a teeth-whitening business has been jailed f...
A couple found dead inside a campervan while attending a festival in the New Forest were “vibrant, kind, and devoted”, their family has said. Christopher Coll, 45, and Kayleigh Coll, 38, b...
A major A-road has been closed due to a lorry fuel spillage, after a collision involving a van and a HGV. It happened on the A39 in west Somerset, between Washford and Bilbrook at around 07:15 BST, wi...
Plans to create 100 jobs in a food business that would provide local products for school meals and educate children about food production have been turned down. The Goosemoor company wanted to build w...
Available for over a year Did you know about Cornwall’s connection with Wisconsin? Redruth is twinned with Mineral Point, the state’s third oldest city, where Cornish miners settled in the 1800s...