Residents have been urged not to put batteries or items containing them in the bin after a fire broke out during a waste collection.

Tens of thousands of patients were waiting for routine treatment at Dorset County Hospital in September, new figures show.

More than two-thirds of patients who arrived at accident and emergency at the Dorset University Hospitals Trust last month ...

Police say it could take several months to establish a cause of death and they are still waiting for forensic tests to come ...

Copper piping, fittings and tools worth thousands of pounds have been stolen from a plumbing company in north Dorset ...

A HOLIDAY park on the Jurassic Coast has been named the best in the UK by a team of camping experts. Highlands End Holiday ...

A 60-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the deaths of three elderly people from suspected carbon ...

A 60-year-old woman who was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after three people died at a care home has been released ...

A woman who was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the deaths of three care home residents has been released ...

A broken down lorry caused chaos to rush hour traffic yesterday evening. The articulated lorry had overheated on the brow of hill leading to members of the public to call in a fire to Dorset and ...

A 60-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the deaths of three elderly people at a Swanage care home has been released from the investigation without charge, Dorset Police has ...

CAMPSITE operators, and those hoping to set up sites, are applying early to Dorset Council for the 2025 season.