As pupils prepare for the Christmas break for some time away from education, some families will already be planning for the year ahead.

Complaints from the public are “understandable", according to the councils, given the closure of front desks at Shaftesbury, Gillingham and Sturminster Newton police stations, with the reintroduction ...

Traditions are rife during the festive period, from Christmas TV favourites to all the dinner trimmings - but one classic is the ...

The tiny male figure casts a haunting image. Carved out of wood as far back as 1,500 years, the details of his dress are still visible: tall boots, short trousers and a unique high-collared fur parka.

The NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board (ICB), currently facing a financial deficit, is undertaking a programme to cut jobs among National Health Service (NHS) employees, regardless of the impact this ...

Listen: Chris Wood, chair of the Dorset Police Federation, said the new service will help officers "decompress from seeing traumatic incidents" A police chief has shared how "incredibly challenging" ...

Women's equality groups across Dorset are gathering to discuss how to tackle violence against women and girls. A summit meeting is being held urging leaders in the field to bring an end to ...

DID you know that an attractive and historic market town in Dorset once went up in smoke Blandford, which rests along the ...

The Black History in Dorset Project aims to explore the experiences of black people in Dorset. Behind the project is British-Ghanaian poet and historian Louisa Adjoa Parker. Here she describes ...

The death of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests may have seemed a distant reality to many people in Dorset. In the predominantly rural county, the population is 97.9% white.

Police are investigating a reported burglary at a newly-opened rabbit rescue centre. A set of tools were stolen from a garage ...