Officers are appealing for information after an alleged road rage incident on the A35 near Dorchester.The incident happened at around 12.25pm on Wednesday 7 March 2018 between Stinsford roundabout and the Stadium roundabout.It was reported that a black Audi A3 forced a Volkswagen Fox to stop, before a man...
This Easter, Brewery Square in Dorchester is inviting shoppers and families to join its free annual Easter egg hunt for the chance to win a chocolate egg. From 10am to 4pm on Good Friday to Easter Monday, each participant who takes up the egg-citing challenge to search around the...
Works at West Bay will begin on Weds 14 March and last approximately 9 days with no night shift work required. Lyme Regis work will begin on Monday 12 March for approximately 2 weeks. There will be both day and night shifts. The night shifts will be pump only,...
History and romance are sure to hang heavy in the air at a concert of new choral settings of Thomas Hardy’s poetry in the Dorset writer’s family church of St Michael’s Stinsford in April. Some of Hardy’s best-known poems, including ‘A Church Romance’ in which he describes the first...
Last October the National Trust narrowly voted to continue licensing ‘trail hunting’ on its properties, by 30,985 to 30,686 votes, the narrow margin due to the NT Board using thousands of ‘discretionary’ votes in favour of the hunts. Yet in December, after Theresa May had said she wanted parliament...
To see our volunteering opportunities, visit www.dorsetwildifetrust.org.uk/volunteering SUN 1 & MON 2 LORTON EGGSPLORERS TRAIL, 10.30am – 4pm Collect a trail guide from the Conservation Centre and hunt for clues around the reserve to find out about the local wildlife and solve a mystery. Don't forget to return...
A man found in possession of indecent images of children who refused to provide police with a password to access a hard drive has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Phillip Raymond Thorne, aged 43 and of High East Street, Dorchester, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on...
We are introducing changes in the way we license trail ‘hunts’ this year following an in-depth review of our current processes and procedures. Our updated approach aims to further safeguard conservation and access by producing a clear, robust, and transparent set of conditions for licensing. The changes include: ...
Officers searching for a missing Sussex man believed to be in the West Bay area are appealing for the public’s help to find him. Mark Purdy, who is 64 years old, left his home in Sussex at 9am this morning, Friday 23 February 2018. He told his family...
Seriously, you need to read the letter from Corb's lawyers to Ben BRADLEY Tory MP. He thought that just by deleting the tweet (as soon as he was told to by Corbyn's lawyers) he had got away with it, but oh no indeedy. Oh no, no, no, no, no....
