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Wincanton Tennis Club is at the sports ground in Moor Lane

Host of improvements at Wincanton Tennis Club for new season

BUDDING Andy Murrays and Serena Williams are being urged to make a racket at Wincanton Tennis Club. With the new…

Police Dog Skye sniffed out suspects near Lidl in Warminster

Three teens arrested after supermarket thefts thanks to police dog Skye

THE skills of Police Dog Skye were put to good use when three suspected burglars were apprehended in Warminster. Police…

A parked car was set alight in Highbury Street, Coleford, police said

Car set alight in arson attack in village near Frome

A CAR was set on fire in a village near Frome in the early hours on a Sunday morning. Some…

James Passmore, CEO of the Pickwick Trust, at St George’s CofE Primary School in Bourton

Four north Dorset primary schools join Pickwick Academy Trust

A QUARTET of north Dorset primary schools have joined a new parent organisation. On February 1, Milton on Stour CE…

Increase in fire service share of council tax for 2024/25 approved

THE share of council tax in Wiltshire and Dorset that goes to the fire service is to rise. At a…

An assault was reported in Stour View Close, Sturminster Newton. Picture: Google

Man charged over Sturminster Newton attack after alleged assault

A MAN has been charged in connection with an alleged assault in Sturminster Newton. Police were called to reports of…

New engagement ranger at Ham Hill, Jasmine Ely. Picture: Somerset Council

New ranger aims to boost Somerset attraction Ham Hill

A NEW ranger aims to bring the story of Ham Hill to the public in a new role. Jasmine Ely…

Frederick Burge was found dead at his home in Glastonbury

James O’Connor admits killing popular Glastonbury man Fred Burge

A 44-YEAR-OLD man has admitted killing a popular pensioner in his home in Glastonbury last year. James O’Connor, from Hilltown,…

The men were disturbed while breaking into an outbuilding in Portman Road, Pimperne. Picture: Google

Trio disturbed during break-in at Pimperne property

POWER tools were stolen from the outbuilding of a property in Pimperne in the early hours of Friday morning. Police…

Eco’s Bryony Hammond, centre, with, from left, Laura Maidment and Charlie Squires (Julia’s House), Nicki Cluley (Lewis-Manning) and Fran Potton (Diverse Abilities). Picture: Andy Diprose/Eco Sustainable Solutions

Christmas tree collections raise £57,000 for Dorset charities

A DORSET recycling company helped raise a record £57,000 for county charities over Christmas. Eco Sustainable Solutions received collected