The Latest Breaking News from Dorset

A scheme in Purbeck, Dorset, is creating hundreds of acres for wildlife and livestock with funding from Government’s nature-friendly farming scheme.

Zac Roe, nine, from Andover in Hampshire, died at the scene of the crash in East Woodyates, north Dorset, last year.

Vessel commissioned by previous Conservative government to house asylum seekers was decommissioned in November

The remains of Debbie Griggs were found buried in a back garden in Dorset more than 20 years after she died.

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient DNA analysis and testing, a team led by Dr Lara Cassidy and Professor Daniel Bradley from Trinity College Dublin successfully demonstrated that iron age people who were buried in Dorset from 100BC…

Spanish national Marta Elena Vento, 27, was working at a Travelodge in Bournemouth, Dorset, when she was killed on December 9 2020.

Scientists analysed DNA from a set of burial grounds in Dorset

Family-friendly event takes place on the sweeping Jurassic Coast in Dorset

This historical home with a thatched roof is a literary fans’ dream

Michael Newton died of hanging while a cause of death for his wife, Heather, has not been confirmed, the inquest heard.

The bodies of the couple, aged in their 70s, were found at their home in Poole, Dorset, on December 31.