The Latest Breaking News from Dorset

This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Visionary architect appointed master-planner by King Charles for his model new town of Poundbury in Dorset

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The world nettle eating competition has returned to the Bottle Inn Pub in Marshwood, Dorset, after a hiatus.

Rich British aristocratic families with a legacy of owning colonial slave plantations are often accused by campaigners that their wealth solely originates from these plantations. One frequent target of this criticism has been the Drax family of Dorset, which is headed by Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, who was the Conservative MP…

Belinda Taylor, 48, from Totnes, Devon, and Adam Harrison, 30, from Bournemouth, Dorset, died in the area of Dunkeswell Aerodrome on Friday.

Moving to Dorset gave this couple far more scope for running their own business

Breathtaking clifftop views, dreamy cream teas and the best fish and chips in the world — oh, the actor does love to be beside the seaside in this Dorset town

Lost for over a century, discovery of wartime letter has rekindled interest in unlocking the secret of the world’s first prototype tank

Former constable Lorne Castle was dismissed by Dorset Police for using ‘unreasonable force’ on 15-year-old.

Pc Lorne Castle was dismissed after a disciplinary hearing held by Dorset Police following the incident in Bournemouth town centre last year.