LUCETTA Lane in Dorchester is to be closed during daytime hours while repair work is carried out. It will be shut daily between October 13 and 16 between the hours of 8am and 6pm and will be re-opened ...

THE NEW Inn at West Knighton has been granted planning permission for changes which will expand its kitchen. The consent comes after a previous refusal to create a new commercial kitchen in the rear ...

The Red Roses kick off this year’s World Cup at the Stadium of Light against the United States on Friday and also face Samoa and Australia in Pool A. England enter the tournament ranked number one in ...

A police officer who was shot by a man with a crossbow said he lost so much blood that his colleagues were “covered” in it. On Wednesday, a sentencing hearing at Aylesbury Crown Court heard police had ...

It was a frustrating night for Celtic in Europe, while speculation continued over the future of Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze.

PLANNING applications across rural Dorset decided by Dorset Council include a mix of approvals and refusals for homes, farms, and heritage buildings.

Here are some old pictures of the popular Melplash Show - which started with a ploughing match to settle a dispute ...

The idiocy of the Labour party which now seeks to hogtie this sensibly secular country to a new and devastating sectarianism, ruled by medieval blasphemy laws, with a definition of Islamophobia, ...

A Dorset singer-songwriter has released a new song exploring a tale of forbidden love. Eva Gadd's new track, Have It All, was released on Friday, August 8. The Wareham musician's song delves into the ...

Scottish and Southern Power Distribution have put in an application to close Cuckoo Lane in Higher Bockhampton, near Dorchester, for tree cutting works.

Victoria L Humphreys, who lives near Dorchester, draws on personal family history in her latest novel, The Other Way . The story was inspired by her great uncle Ron, a Second World War veteran and ...

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has cautioned that fraudsters often impersonate HMRC, luring individuals with false refund promises or urgent payment demands to pilfer personal and banking information.