Two arrested after attempted thefts of tools and quad bikes in North Dorset
TWO people were arrested in Wiltshire after police investigated a series of attempted quad bike thefts across Dorset. Working alongside…
Dorchester Recycling Centre to close for one day this week
THOSE planning a trip to the Dorchester Household Recycling Centre this Tuesday (April 8) are asked to make alternative…
Calls for tougher hare coursing sentences across Wiltshire
THERE have been renewed calls for tougher hare coursing sentences across Wiltshire – this time by the police and…
Avon & Somerset Police involved in operation to remove ‘Kidflix’ child abuse website
POLICE officers in the Avon & Somerset and Dorset areas have been involved in an operation which identified more…
Man to pay “significant costs” after hare coursing in Dorchester – the first conviction of its kind in Dorset
NEW legislation has been used to order a man to pay “significant costs” after he was found guilty of…
Two charged after alleged car-jacking near Dorchester
TWO men have been charged in connection with an incident near Dorchester which saw a driver hauled from his…
Man, 33, arrested after robbery and attempted robberies near Dorchester
A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in connection with an alleged robbery and attempted robberies near Dorchester. The arrest comes…
Shaftesbury artist on the “worrying” decline of cuckoos – and how the town’s nature serves as his muse
A SHAFTSBURY environmental painter is calling for nature to take back control to restore what has been lost. Gary Cook,…
Dogs ‘rip lamb from inside pregnant ewe’ on farm near Mere
A EWE – believed to have been pregnant – was brutally attacked by two dogs on a farm near…
Closure order for Blandford property that caused “considerable” issue for neighbours
POLICE have been granted a premises closure for a property in Blandford, meaning no one will be able to…
