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A missing man is believed to have travelled to the New Forest after last sighting

Ken Hay, a Normandy veteran who served with the 4th Dorset Regiment and survived as a prisoner of war, has died aged 101.

Road closures in Wareham affecting hospital and car park access have begun for month-long gas main works.

The Priory hotel in Wareham has been awarded a Michelin Key for being an outstanding place to stay.

The Dorset village of Dewlish contains prehistoric elephant remains alongside Pliocene gravels and a Norman church.

A nursery in the New Forest is set to expand with a new purpose-built building to increase early years provision.

Police are searching for a driver involved in a crash in west Dorset

A man has been arrested after an alleged assault left another man with a jaw injury.

More than 2,800 athletes took part in an Ironman 70.3 triathlon in Weymouth on Sunday.

BCP Council says it needs to find space for 3,000 new homes a year because of government targets.

The scope of inquests into the deaths of three British aid workers killed by a drone strike in Gaza is set to be expanded to include the Israel Defence Forces and the commander who allegedly ordered the attack.

A burglary investigation is under way after a break-in at a home in Bournemouth.

Three young swans landed on the A31, causing traffic disruption across two separate stretches.

Kimberley Davies, the Candid Divorce Lawyer, answers common questions about separation and divorce.

Dorset Police are searching for wanted Bournemouth man David St John Thomas, 39, over an alleged GBH offence after failing to appear in court. Call 999.

A solar ‘farm’ is being planned for the Dorset countryside. The site is just off the A35 at Post Farm, to the north east of the village of Lytchett Minster and north west of Upton.

A man has been arrested after a cash till was stolen from a Costa drive through in Poole.

Work to remove deteriorating landing stages from Bournemouth Pier is due to start on 21 September as part of a project to protect the iconic landmark. The post Deteriorating landing stages to be removed from Bournemouth Pier appeared first on Dorset View .

The Sandbanks chain ferry will close for seven weeks later this year for a major refit.

A care home has submitted plans for an expansion and additional new facilities for its residents in Broadstone

A 17-year-old boy sustained 'serious' injuries after a 'stabbing' in Crichel Mount Road in Poole.

A shop worker was assaulted during a robbery at a convenience store in Bournemouth.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire at a flat block in Weymouth spread to the roof.

Two ponies have died after separate hit-and-run collisions in the New Forest.

New Forest shoplifting rose 15 per cent to 1,061 offences in the year to March 2026, prompting councillors and retailers to call for more high-street police across the district.

John Martyn remains a revered and influential figure in the annals of the British folk rock boom of the late ‘60s, early ‘70s and well beyond.

London-based comic John Kearns is having a tough time – the end of a 12-year relationship has seen him living back home with his parents in the wilds of Streatham at the age of 39 and wondering, in his own words, ‘how has it come to this’.

Dorset Police has warned arriving university students about the dangers of spiking.

PROMOTION for Blandford Football Club to the Wessex League is likely to result in a new stand being build at the Park Road ground.

Winners for BBC Radio Solent will be crowned at an event on 22 September.

Lymington in the New Forest has been named one of England’s most laid-back towns by World Atlas, thanks to its coastal charm

PROPOSALS for a new coffee shop in the Market Place at Blandford Forum is getting a mixed reaction.

Missing 15-year-old Morgane has been found after Dorset Police and Dorset Search and Rescue searches in Bournemouth and Boscombe on September 20, 2026.

Police have issued a warning after reports of youths breaking into an abandoned building in Bournemouth.

Dorset baker Danni enters Great British Bake Off tent as county adds another contestant to roll of honour

A man in his 50s from Blackfield has been charged after an alleged drink driving incident.

Royal Mail resumes deliveries to Brownsea Island two years after a jetty collapsed on Sandbanks.

Tumble dryers can cost a lot of money to run so Mrs Hinch fans have shared their cheap alternative to the "demon appliance".

Eliza Carthy & The Restitution will bring their Frenemies Tour to Lighthouse Poole on Thursday, February 18, 2027.

A Christchurch family says it could lose its business, livelihood and home after discovering plans to demolish JP Motors on Fairmile Road. Customers have launched petitions in support of the garage.