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Monday, November 25, 2024
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a selection of power tools were stolen from a garage in Gillingham. The burglary is believed to have taken place sometime between Sunday 1 May and Sunday 8 May 2022 at an address off Le Neubourg Way. The victim reported that he...
Officers investigating a vehicle fire near Gillingham are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. Dorset Police received a report at around 2.30pm on Saturday 30 April 2022 relating to a fire involving a white Ford van on Fantley Lane just outside of Silton. The fire service extinguished...
Dorset Council has noticed an increase in damage being caused to its trees by some people across the county, including in Weymouth, Corfe Mullen, Alderholt and Sturminster Marshall. On each occasion, the culprit appears to be trying to poison and kill the tree so that it will have to be...
According to the government: Protests are an important part of our vibrant and tolerant democracy. Under human rights law, we all have the right to gather and express our views. But these rights are not absolute rights. That fact raises important questions for the police and wider society to consider...
27 April 2022Officers are investigating a burglary at a school in North Dorset and are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forwardThe maintenance yard at Port Regis School in Motcombe was broken into some time between 9pm on Monday 25 April and 3am on Tuesday 26...
Detectives investigating an alleged assault and robbery in North Dorset have arrested three men. Between 10pm and 10.15pm on Thursday 21 April 2022 a 15-year-old boy was sitting in a bus stop at Station Road car park opposite the Co-op in Sturminster Newton when he was reportedly assaulted by a...
Detectives investigating an assault and robbery in North Dorset are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. Between 10pm and 10.15pm on Thursday 21 April 2022 a 15-year-old boy was sitting in a bus stop at Station Road car park opposite the Co-op in Sturminster Newton when...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward after a man was assaulted in Sturminster Newton. The incident occurred between 6.15pm and 7pm on Wednesday 20 April 2022 while the victim was walking on a footpath past the nature pond in Butts Pond Meadows.  It is reported...
Dorset Police has launched a new crackdown aimed at crushing county lines drug gangs operating in the county.   Operation Viper will see a dedicated team of police using intelligence and enforcement to rid Dorset of the scourge of county lines and make the region a hostile place for those...
Four men have been sentenced at court for a poaching offence in North Dorset following an investigation by Dorset Police’s Rural Crime Team. John Frederick Burton, aged 28 and of Basildon, Essex, Tommy Edward Catanach, 24 and of Romford, Essex, William Holmes, 22 and of Milton, Cambridgeshire, and Levie Lee,...