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A bridge at Chantry Fields, Gillingham. Picture: Kajetan Boczanowski

A303 closed after crash as heavy rainfall batters Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset

UPDATE: The A303 eastbound is closed after a crash. The route is closed between the A37 Podimore roundabout and the…

A stolen van was recovered by police probing the theft. Picture: Dorset Police

Digger and dumpers stolen from Blandford site

A DIGGER and two dumpers were stolen from a Blandford site. The incident happened in the early hours of Friday,…

Keane will headline the 2024 Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza. Picture: CalumMew28

Keane to headline 2024 Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza

KEANE will headline the 2024 Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza concert, it has been announced. The band, who came…

Tomas Staukauskas and Mantas Palionis, both of Hull, have been jailed. Picture: Humberside Police

Two jailed over thefts of farm GPS equipment – including in West Dorset

TWO men have been jailed after a series of high-value farm GPS thefts. Tomas Staukauskas, 32, of Beverley Road, Hull,…

Avon & Somerset and Gloucestershire Police are keen to speak to Shane Walsh, of Cheltenham. Picture: Avon & Somerset Police

Police hunt wanted man Shane Walsh after crash in Keinton Mandeville

POLICE are hunting a man wanted in connection with a number of offences after a crash in Kenton Mandeville. Both…

The plans would see the Granary Building at Hanford School rebuilt. Pictures: Dolman

School building could be dismantled, repaired and rebuilt, if plans approved

A SCHOOL storage building could be dismantled and rebuilt to repair foundations and rotting walls to prevent a “significant…

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance in Action. Photo: DSAA.

Air Ambulance calls for Christmas donations after record incidents

DORSET and Somerset Air Ambulance (DSAA) has launched its first-ever Christmas appeal, in a bid to raise…

The crash happened on the A303 near Thruxton. Picture: Google

Somerset man killed in A303 crash near Thruxton

A MAN sadly died after a crash on the A303 yesterday (Friday). The incident, involving a car and a lorry,…

The Plankbridge Hut House is available for £95,000

See inside the tiny £95,000 house that could solve the housing crisis…

FANCY living – or working – in a hut on wheels? A Dorset company, inspired by a landmark barn in…

Jennifer Forward-Hayter, from Motcombe, captured journalists for a year

Motcombe photography student captures journalism on the frontline

A MOTCOMBE photography student who documents journalists under pressure has recognised with a solo exhibition in Australia. For the last…