The Latest Breaking News from Dorset

Tributes to ‘caring’ south London teacher killed in crash in Dorset as driver with sleep apnoea is jailed

Stephen Sheppard was jailed on Monday for causing Warren Wright’s death by dangerous driving

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2022

Motorists slam 50-mile 'daft diversion' to avoid 1,400 yards of roadworks

Drivers are forced to travel an extra 50 miles along a stretch of road in the village of Melbury Abbas, in north Dorset, to allow broadband fibre optic cables to be laid over five nights

Daily Mirror · Feb 7, 2022

Tragic teenagers pictured after pair found dead in park in suspected suicide pact

Jack Williams, 18, and Katherine Powell, 17, were found by an early morning dog walker at Bothenhampton Nature Reserve near Bridport, Dorset, on January 25

Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2022

Two women with highly sensitive noses homeless after rejecting flat by Lush factory

Cherie Hitchens, 58, and Joanna Morrison, 63, say they are now living in a hotel after they rejected a council flat near a Lush factory in Dorset because they are allergic to scented products

Daily Mirror · Jan 31, 2022

Plea to help find final movements of two teenagers found dead in nature reserve

The bodies of a 17-year-old girl and 18-year-old man were found at Bothenhampton Reservoir in Dorset on Tuesday

Wales Online · Jan 28, 2022

Appeal to establish circumstances surrounding teenagers’ deaths in Dorset

The bodies of an 18-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were found at Bothenhampton Reservoir outside of Bridport on Tuesday morning.

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022

Police refer themselves to IOPC after two teenagers found dead in suspected suicide pact

Dorset Police have referred themselves to the police watchdog after a tragic suspected suicide pact between two teenagers in a local beauty spot

Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2022

Bodies of teenage boy and girl found in Dorset beauty spot

Two teenagers were found dead in a Dorset beauty spot.

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2022

Dorset police referred to watchdog after two teenagers found dead

Force under investigation over its contact with male and female whose bodies were found by dog walker

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2022

Force refers itself to police watchdog after teen deaths

Dorset Police made the referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct after a boy and a girl were found dead at a Bridport beauty spot.

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2022