Officers searching for a missing man in Wimborne are appealing for help and information from the public to find him.
Edward O’Carroll, aged 83, was last seen at around 10.30am on Wednesday 2 October 2024 at Julians Bridge.
He is described as five feet nine inches tall and was last seen...
The wife of a Tory councillor has admitted to publishing written material intended to incite racial hatred following the Southport stabbings.
Childminder Lucy Connolly, appearing via video link from HMP Peterborough, pleaded guilty to making the post about asylum seekers at Northampton Crown Court, after previously being arrested and re-arrested...
This week is International Refugee Week, and throughout the week, we are putting the spotlight on some of the refugees that have settled in Dorset.
Today we hear from Fayeza and Mustafa from Afghanistan.
They and their two young children became refugees when the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 2021.
Both were well qualified with...
Officers are issuing a CCTV image of a man they would like to identify following an assault in Christchurch.
At around 1.15am on Saturday 27 April 2024 a man was punched and kicked by an unknown man outside Soho in Church Road.
The victim – aged in his 30s from Surrey...
A recent report has unearthed a troubling trend in England: individuals hailing from less affluent locales are facing premature mortality at a markedly higher rate than their counterparts in more prosperous areas.
The general life expectancy has undergone a dip of 0.2 years for men, while remaining stagnant for women...
Officers investigating an assault at a bar in Poole are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
At around 12am on Saturday 7 April 2024 a man was assaulted by an unknown man in Temple in Bournemouth Road.
It is reported that the victim – a man aged...
Dorset Council’s Trading Standards team led a multiagency operation on Tuesday 26 March 2024 responding to intelligence about the sale of illegal vapes, tobacco, and cigarettes from several premises in Weymouth.
Alongside officers from Dorset Police, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the Regional Trading Standards Illegal Tobacco & Vapes officer,...
Rishi Sunak has justified his choice to retain Science Secretary Michelle Donelan amidst growing pressure for her resignation over the allocation of taxpayer funds to settle a legal dispute. Donelan's department covered the £15,000 settlement cost with Professor Kate Sang, who was falsely accused of supporting the proscribed terrorist...
As the tale of Weymouth unwinds, we find ourselves in a darkly comedic tableau, where melancholy and humour hold a crooked mirror up to despair. This is a place where hope doesn’t so much spring eternal as it occasionally trips and falls face first into the gutter, only to...
A man who sexually abused two girls has been jailed.
Glyn Robert Phelps, aged 60 and of Preston Road, Yeovil, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Tuesday 21 November 2023 after being found guilty at an earlier trial of ten charges of indecent assault of a girl aged under...
