A WEST Dorset care home is asking to convert a former stable building to add up to a dozen dementia care bedrooms.

Dorset businesses and organisations are being reminded of their new responsibilities as the government brings in important new legislation ...

The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) confirmed previous projections that 2024 was the warmest on record globally and the first calendar year that the average temperature exceeded 1.5C ...

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show a girl born in Dorset between 2021 and 2023 has a life expectancy of 84.8 years – one of the highest across the region. Meanwhile, boys born in the ...

Bridport Town Council has confirmed that the Bridport Football Club car park off Skilling Hill Road will be completed in January - slightly later than planned. Work began in late October to resurface ...

In social media news, the Daily Mirror writes Elon Musk’s posts are being probed by Britain’s counterterrorism unit. Friday's front page: Musk hate probe #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/KqpjpSsLnu ...

An art gallery owner in Lyme Regis is 'not giving up' on retrieving paintings worth up to £20k after they were stolen ...

The Bridport Community Orchard wassailing celebrations take place this weekend with hundreds of people expected to attended. Wassailing is an ancient new year tradition where people gather to bless ...

Shane Hadderton, 36, Marvin Usher, 33, and Deividas Fiodorovas, 36, were all sentenced on Thursday at Chelmsford Crown Court.

Mozambique’s main opposition leader has returned from self-imposed exile saying he still rejects the results of a disputed ...

Thousands of firefighters were attempting to contain the original Palisades fire, which has burnt nearly 16,000 acres.