A TEENAGER who drove at double the speed limit before hitting a brick wall, seriously injuring his friend, has been banned from the roads for six years.

POLICE were called after more than a thousand people attended an illegal rave near Corfe Castle.

A YOUNG driver was caught drugged up behind the wheel five times in four months – making him one of Dorset’s worst-ever motoring offenders.

POLICE cordoned off a road in Christchurch following a stabbing early yesterday morning.

REVISED plans for a care home on the site of a former Hamworthy packaging factory have been approved.

A NEW campaign group has launched aiming to get Bridgwater residents on their bikes.

IS it possible to have too much tea?

A BRIDGWATER family was celebrating after raising another £1,000 to boost a hospital fundraising appeal.

I'M sure many of your readers will know of someone or are directly affected by dementia - in Somerset more than 9,000 people are living with the condition.

HELIUM balloons are causing hundreds of train delays every year which cost taxpayers around £1 million, Network Rail has warned.

SET yourself a goal for 2019 and tackle the three peaks of Dorset, taking in views across Beaminster and beyond.

Bridport Camera Club will welcome wildlife photographer Colin Varndell to give a presentation on ‘A Year in the Country.’

WEST DORSET

THE story of a woman who wreaks revenge on her torturer is coming to the stage in Bridport.

HISTORIANS will be delving deeper into the life of novelist Jane Austin and will look at her stay in Charmouth in the summer of 1803 at a talk in the village.

CELEBRATIONS were underway at Frith House this week as the care home hosted a house-warming party to show off their new 'household' for people suffering from dementia.

A HIGHBRIDGE park has been awarded five stars by South West in Bloom as part of its Pride in Parks Award category.

IS it possible to have too much tea?

I'M sure many of your readers will know of someone or are directly affected by dementia - in Somerset more than 9,000 people are living with the condition.

HELIUM balloons are causing hundreds of train delays every year which cost taxpayers around £1 million, Network Rail has warned.

by Cllr Julie Fowler, mayor of Ilminster

TWENTY-SEVEN students from Chard’s German twin have toured the town’s landmark employer, and met the mayor and crier.

IS it possible to have too much tea?

I'M sure many of your readers will know of someone or are directly affected by dementia - in Somerset more than 9,000 people are living with the condition.

THREE candidates are in the race to represent Chard Holyrood ward at the district council level.

A round-up of what's been going on in and around the Gallagher Premiership

He will appear in court next month

He was minding his own business paddling on a hot spring day... then this happened

There is now heavy traffic as a result

Hundreds gathered for the annual 'smoke-out'