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SHAFTESBURY will have to go again after a difficult afternoon in Hampshire in the Emirates FA Cup extra-preliminary round ...
Vanessa Frake warned the current justice system is ‘warehousing prisoners’ and ‘turning out better criminals into society’.
TWO people have been rescued from a sinking powerboat off the coast at Portland. Crews from Weymouth Lifeboat Station raced to the sinking vessel half a mile south of Portland harbour on Saturday.
A SAILING boat was spotted drifting out at sea by a naval ship prompting a rescue operation.  Yesterday evening at around 5.30pm a lifeboat crew from Weymouth jumped into action after HMS Mersey saw a ...
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, a liberal who took office in June after winning an early election to replace ousted conservative Yoon Suk Yeol, has vowed to improve relations with Pyongyang, ...
Hong Kong authorities strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security, implementing measures that include ...
ROADS in a Dorset village are to be closed for a day for Openreach works. Part of Piddle Lane and Back Lane in Cerne Abbas will be closed on Wednesday, August 6. Piddle Lane will be shut between its ...
The Thomas Hardy Society will hold its annual general meeting in Dorchester in September.
The Broadwey, Upwey and District Horticultural Society's Summer Show is set to take place on Saturday, August 16. The event will be held at the Memorial Hall on Victoria Avenue in Upwey, with doors ...
The towns and cities across the UK that score highest and lowest for their food hygiene ratings have been revealed.
A road will be closed this week for the installation of fibre cables. Hermitage Road in Holnest, near Sherborne, will be closed between its junction with the A352 and its junction with Gunville Lane ...
Workers in hospitality and retail have been offered tips to financially prepare for the off-peak season. Paul Fox, the southwest regional manager at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), has provided ...