Update:
Officers who had been searching for a missing teenage boy in Poole are pleased to update he has been found.Axel Lewis had left an address in the town sometime early on Tuesday 13 September 2022.
Following enquiries he has been located. We would like to thank everyone who shared our...
September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day, an important global awareness event. To mark it, local charity Dorset Mind are launching their campaign to #GetDorsetTalking. Although they don’t provide a crisis service themselves, the mental health charity knows that talking and raising awareness about suicide is key to removing the stigma that is a crippling barrier that stops people reaching out for support.
Many factors contribute to poor mental health and suicide, including...
WHO: Volunteers in the Southill area of Weymouth are needed to take part in a one-off art project. The volunteers will help welcome riders taking part in the Tour of Britain cycle race as they pass Weymouth Town Council’s Tumbledown site on stage seven of the tour.
We need around 100...
The Coroner for Dorset is seeking the assistance of the public to find the next of kin of a man who lived in Poole.
Ewan Shaun Brodie, who was 66 years old, died at his home address in Northbrook Road, Broadstone, on Wednesday 31 August 2022.
His death is not being...
Heart of Stone Dorset Tour 2022
Join us in Weymouth, Portland, Swanage,, Dorchester and Poole at six beautiful outdoor Dorset venues for a vibrant new play co-created and performed by local communities in a celebration of Portland stone, landscape and people.
When a former Portlander, Bree returns to the isle after...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward following a fatal road traffic collision on Portland.
At 2.43am on Saturday 27 August 2022 Dorset Police received a report of a single-vehicle road traffic collision on Portland Beach Road involving a white Honda motorcycle.
The rider of...
An angry member of the public has confronted Health Secretary Steve Barclay in the street, demanding to know why the government has done "bugger all" about lengthy waits for ambulances.
The Cabinet minister was speaking to media outside Moorfields Eye Hospital in Old Street, central London, when a woman interrupted...
Non-existent awareness of leukaemia symptoms “extremely worrying” – as new figures show people in the South East don’t know bleeding, bruising, fatigue and infections are a sign of the blood cancer
Leading UK leukaemia charities launch memorable new campaign to get people “parroting on” about the symptoms for Blood Cancer Awarness Month in...
The Coroner for Dorset is seeking the assistance of the public to find the next of kin of a man who lived in the Bournemouth area.
Simon James Hughes, who was 70 years old, died at his home address in Curlew Road on Monday 22 August 2022.
Coroner’s Officer Laura Thorne...
A motorist involved in a serious road traffic collision in Dorchester has sadly died.
Police received a call at 9.14am on Tuesday 16 August 2022 that a black Nissan had collided with a wall in Celtic Crescent.
The driver, a 58-year-old man from Weymouth, was taken to Dorset County Hospital for...
