Applications are now open for Miss Dorset 2026, with the competition being held this spring. Open to women aged 18–30, the competition celebrates ambition, individuality, and community spirit, with ...

A Dorset beauty title that has launched several national finalists is set to return in 2026. Applications are now open for ...

Almost 100 e-bikes and 130 e-scooters have been seized this year as part of the force’s mission to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB).

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 ...

In preparation for sweeping attacks on jobs, pensions, and working conditions, National Health Service (NHS) hospital trusts across Dorset, England have announced plans to transfer more than 1,300 ...

Dorset's chief constable has vowed to end racial disparity over police stop-and-searches. The gap in search rates for black and white people in the county was the biggest in England and Wales, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A man suffered a broken leg when he was knocked over by a motorcyclist that police officers were attempting to stop. Dorset ...

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.