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Search teams helping in bid to find missing Alice Bendall

SEARCH dogs and air search and rescue teams are helping in the effort to find missing teenager Alice Bendall. The…

Police appeal for help finding missing Dorset teen Alice Bendall

POLICE are appealing for help tracing a missing teenager last seen in Charminster. Alice Bendall, who is also known as…

Arrest after fight outside Dorchester pub

A MAN was arrested after a fight outside a Dorchester pub. The incident happened outside the Royal Oak, in High…

81-acre solar farm near Gillingham allowed on appeal

AN 81-acre solar farm will be built near Gillingham after a previous refusal of the scheme was overturned. A planning…

Recruitment firm to close Gillingham office in pop-up move

A RECRUITMENT agency office in Gillingham is to close this month. Octopus Personnel, in the High Street, is pursuing a…

‘Eyesore’ Dorchester building finally demolished

AN ‘eyesore’ building at a Dorset train station has been demolished. As previously reported by your New Blackmore Vale, West…

Byron Standen, former Assistant Chief Fire Officer at the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Former Dorset and Wiltshire fire service chief retired – weeks after gross misconduct ruling

A TOP firefighter retired from the Dorset and Wiltshire service on a full pension – just weeks after being…

Army Air Corps to march through Wincanton this month

THE Army Air Corps will exercise their Freedom of Wincanton with a celebratory march through the town this month. Members…

PICTURES: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Lulworth Camp in Dorset

UKRANIAN President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Dorset yesterday (Wednesday).

Boy, 14, injured in fail-to-stop crash in Blandford

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy was injured in a fail-to-stop crash in Blandford. Police are appealing for information after the incident, at…