Officers investigating a fatal road traffic collision between Sherborne and Yeovil are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward – with one man being arrested.
The incident, which happened on the A30 close to the junction with Marl Lane, was reported to police at 4.48pm on Thursday...
In December 2017, Dorset’s Police & Crime Commissioner launched a public consultation seeking residents’ views on lowering the drink drive limit. There is just one week left to have your say before the consultation closes.While Scotland saw its drink drive limit lowered in December 2014 to 50 milligrams per...
Officers investigating a fatal road traffic collision on the A31 in East Dorset have arrested a man.
Dorset Police was called at 8.46am on Tuesday 30 April 2019 to a report of a collision outside Henbury Stud Farm near Sturminster Marshall. The collision involved a green Kawasaki motorcycle, a white...
A man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his father at their home in Sherborne.
At a hearing at Winchester Crown Court on Friday 18 October 2019, Dominic William Robert Hodgson, aged 37, admitted the murder of his 72-year-old father Robert Hodgson. He was sentenced to life...
A man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for the repeated sexual abuse of two girls.
Andrew John Butler, aged 54, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday 2 June 2023 and was sentenced for seven offences of rape, two further charges of rape of a child under...
Officers are renewing their appeal for residents to remain vigilant after scammers have targeted elderly residents in Shaftesbury.
In the morning of Thursday 22 August 2019 an elderly woman received a phone call from a man purporting to be from NatWest. He told her that her bank cards were due...
Dorset Police received a report at 10.15pm on Wednesday 7 February 2024 of disturbance at an address in Stour View Close. It was further reported that a woman had been assaulted outside the address by a man who was known to her, with the incident continuing in the areas...
Officers investigating the theft of a caravan in East Dorset are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.At around 7.40pm on Sunday 10 March 2024 a white and orange Bailey Unicorn III caravan was stolen from a caravan park in High Street in Sixpenny Handley.
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Officers investigating thefts from vehicles in Gillingham are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
Between Thursday 20 February and Sunday 23 February 2020 a number of overnight thefts occurred from unattended vehicles, as well as from sheds and garages, in the Wyke area. It is believed...
Officers are warning businesses and members of the public to be vigilant following a number of reports of attempts to use counterfeit notes in the Weymouth and Shaftesbury areas – and are releasing CCTV images of four people they would like to speak to.
Dorset Police received ten reports of...
