THE ENVIRONMENT Agency has objected to a new waste water treatment plant for the Moonfleet Manor Hotel on the shores of the Fleet. It says, as the planning application stands, the hotel might not be ...

A NEW new privately-run car park for the centre of Shaftesbury has been approved - helping to ease the town’s long-standing shortage of ...

The Royal Mint said the dual release of 23 million Queen coins alongside the King’s £1 coins was a pivotal moment in British coinage history.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was a ‘disgrace’ that so many white, working-class children are being written off at school.

DORSET Police are being joined by officers from the City of London Police during the busy summer months. Officers wearing distinctive red Battenberg markings will support Dorset Police as part of its ...

A BEAVER released in Dorset has died, but the area has also welcomed three new kits. It is five months since the National Trust released two pairs of beavers into Little Sea, Studland, in what was the ...

New draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence suggests the NHS should move away from a one-size-fits-all approach.

The watchdog said the ad was likely to reinforce the offensive racial stereotype that black skin was problematic and that white skin was superior.

AN 'over-large' porch for a house at 46 Camp Road has been refused planning consent. Weymouth Town Council in its comments had claimed it would be too large - a view which Dorset Council agreed with.

Kayakers claim they were forced to rescue swimmers when Reggie the bottlenose dolphin started to "basically drown" two women.

The Dons conceded for the first time this season when forward Ade Adeyemo struck deep in first-half stoppage time.

A member of rap group Kneecap is due to appear in court for allegedly supporting a proscribed terror organisation. Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, is accused of ...