The Latest Breaking News from Dorset

Joe Abbess and Sunnah Khan drowned after after they were suspected to have been caught in a riptide off Bournemouth beach.

Work follows a fire inspection which called for five changes to improve safety at the barge moored at Portland Docks, Dorset

The two friends take off Meryl Streep and read Thomas Hardy. Plus, more blood and gore at the Colosseum. Here’s what to watch this evening

“Reparations have been paid for other wrongs and obviously far more quickly, far more speedily than reparations for what I consider the greatest atrocity and crime in the history of mankind: transatlantic chattel slavery.” So noted the eminent Jamaican international jurist Judge Patrick Robinson, when launching the 115-page Brattle Report…

People say summer stink has been ‘horrendous’, with blame put on a Wessex Water sewage works

Mel Giedroyc and Martin Clunes Explore Britain by the Book sees the actors showcase Dorset’s literary heritage.

The ‘partial’ remains were found by a member of the public near the Manor Steps Zig Zag, off Boscombe Overcliff Drive in Dorset.

The ‘partial’ remains were found by a member of the public near a cliff-side path in Dorset

The ‘partial’ remains were found by a member of the public near the Manor Steps Zig Zag in Dorset.