A man has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 12 years at Winchester Crown Court for kidnapping and raping a woman at knifepoint in Salisbury.

A paedophile from west Dorset has been jailed for 32 months after offending over a 17 year period.

A DEVELOPER has been given the green light to demolish most of a Hampshire hotel with links to a famous author.

FAILURE to address issues with bed blocking will cause problems even after a new larger emergency department opens at Royal Bournemouth Hospital, a health boss has warned.

A SECONDARY school has closed due to a “health and safety incident” relating to a building on the site.

A crash has occurred near a school in Poole this morning.

PROPOSALS that would see 20mph speed limits introduced across residential areas of Dorset look likely to be approved by a council committee.

THE parents of a seven-month-old girl who was diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia have set up a fundraising event and hopes to spread the disease’s warning signs.

OVERWHELMING objection has been lobbied at a developer’s third attempt to build a new church and 80-bed care home on farmland in West Moors.

PLANS to transform two floors of an operating office building in a Poole industrial estate with 13 new flats have been refused over contamination safety fears.

THE Great Dorset Steam Fair will not be going ahead in 2023, organisers have announced.

A BUS firm manager has cited bad weather and the layout of roads around Bournemouth Railway Station as the reason for “gridlock” on Friday night.

A pub that hit the headlines for a topless barmaid night has a new landlord who has plans for the venue.

A WETHERSPOONS pub in Bournemouth is up for leasehold after it was closed down earlier this year.

The Captain's Club Hotel in Christchurch has been named as one of the best dog-friendly hotels in the UK.

CCTV has been released after two women entered a Tesco supermarket before stealing around £250 worth of alcohol.

MORE animals are coming into rescue as rehoming slows in Dorset, with concern raised the number will increase amid economic hardship.

GREEN Party members of BCP Council are urging their Tory counterparts to join them in condemning what they refer to as an “attack on nature” by the government.

A ROAD closure causing traffic delays into Christchurch town centre will remain in place for all of this week.

Photos appear to show the moment of a dramatic coastguard rescue earlier today.

A LARGE police presence involving armed response officers was involved in a pursuit in relation to a road rage incident in Bournemouth.

The Pig in the Forest won one of the César awards for the Good Hotels Guide 2023

THE home of themed gifts, personalised presents, and ‘mystery boxes’- Through the Door is Trader of the Week.

Details on the cases of 10 people which have recently been dealt with at Poole Magistrates' Court.

ORGANISERS of the Arts by the Sea festival have heralded this year’s event as a huge success after the packed schedule of events in Bournemouth came to a close with a giant community parade.

A PROJECT to create a new long-term vision for the seafront at a popular Dorset tourism destination is under way.

According to the Highway Code drivers should give way to emergency vehicles using flashing lights, but could still face fines.

IT is said to lower stress and boost your health – and a Poole couple will be offering people the chance to try “laughter yoga” for free.

A POOLE teen is celebrating after passing a test that will allow her to become a bus driver across Bournemouth and Poole.

A WOMAN has been sentenced by the courts for stealing a mobility scooter.

A COMMUNITY hub has been launched to help the mental wellbeing of residents amid pressing financial issues.

A SCHOOL in Verwood is “delighted” to have appointed a new headteacher.

A BIRD protection charity is calling on the people of Dorset to help sound the alarm to protect wildlife.

LOBSTERS have been released by scientists as part of research by Bournemouth University (BU) into sustainable environments.

New rules from the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) will affect Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Aldi and Lidl.

The change comes after ITV revealed in March that it was launching the "first integrated advertising and subscription funded platform" called ITVX. 

The Government paid the first £326 payment to Universal Credit claimants in July.

Ninja products are selling out fast as would-be air fryer users struggle to get their hands on the latest kitchen craze.

Covid experts are reporting a new dominant symptom which appears to be more common than the loss of taste or smell.

Liz Truss has been told by a member of her Cabinet that it “makes sense” for benefits to rise in line with inflation.

Martin Lewis has since thanked the Treasury for deleting the message.

Virgin, BT and Sky Broadband customers have been warned against turning off their internet routers at night amid soaring energy prices.

A RECYCLING centre was evacuated and closed after the apparent discovery of an historic ordnance.

A MAN was taken to hospital this morning after sustaining injuries in Bournemouth town centre.

FLORAL tributes have been left at the scene of a fatal crash in Christchurch.

Police in Bournemouth town centre after incident.

One beach in the Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch area had sewage dumped into the sea over the first weekend in October

FIRST aid was given to a man who had to be rescued from scaffolding in a residential area in St Ives.

A DRIVER who crashed at a roundabout causing a passenger to suffer life-threatening injuries had taken both hands off the wheel to take cocaine earlier in the journey.

A CRIMINAL charge against a man who was accused of killing a road worker by driving a highways lorry carelessly has been dropped.