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Sunday, May 19, 2024
Police enquiries into allegations made by ITV regarding the Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS) have now concluded. Dorset Police and Wiltshire Police were made aware of the allegations by the DWFRS, which centred on limited details relating to the inappropriate sharing of images on messaging platforms. Dorset Police...
Officers are issuing a warning to the public after a vehicle was broken into and a quantity of dangerous veterinary controlled drugs were stolen near Blandford. At 1.30pm on Wednesday 5 July 2023 a vehicle, which belonged to a registered vet, was broken into in a layby on the A350...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward after four burglaries in North Dorset. Between 12pm and 3.50pm on Monday 3 July 2023 a property in Higher Clatcombe was broken into and jewellery, as well as a wallet, was stolen.  Another burglary, also in Higher Clatcombe, was...
Sometimes irony catches my breath. One minute a Tory minister chats sh** and cares nought that only those with serious brain damage believe her and then this happens. It's all lies and most of us know it. The Misleading Nature of Official Crime Figures in the UK Official crime figures play a...
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward as they investigate a report of an aggravated burglary in North Dorset. It was reported at around 7.25am on Wednesday 28 June 2023 that a male suspect had knocked on the door of a property in Lower Street...
A serving Dorset Police officer who was found guilty of gross misconduct after posting inappropriate and offensive messages on a WhatsApp group has been dismissed without notice. His former colleague, who was a serving police officer, and posted sexual, pornographic, misogynistic, homophobic, racist, bullying, abusive, offensive and inappropriate messages on...
Officers investigating a burglary at a hotel in Shaftesbury are issuing CCTV images of a man they would like to identify.The incident happened at around 5am on Friday 2 June 2023 at the Grosvenor Arms in High Street. It has been reported that an unknown man entered the kitchen and...
Officers are investigating a third-party report of an assault in Sturminster Newton and are appealing for the victim and anyone with information to come forward.At 11.48pm on Monday 5 June 2023 it was reported that a man had been seen assaulting a woman outside One Stop shop on Station...
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 appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward after an attempted burglary at a business in Blandford. Dorset Police received a report at around 3.20am on Tuesday 30 May 2023 that the window and door glass had been smashed in Offcamber in Salisbury Street. No entry was...