The Latest Breaking News from Dorset

Visitors lament ‘tremendous shame’ as notice withdrawing public access appears after £30m sale of Bridehead Estate

Moth Winn was diagnosed with a terminal illness at the age of 53 and in the same week he and his wife, Raynor, lost their home. As the bailiffs arrived, the couple made a remarkable decision: to take a 630-mile year-long coastal walk from Somerset to Dorset, through Devon and…

Two men and a woman died at a care home in Swanage, Dorset, in October 2024.

After a relationship breakup, rambling 700 miles from the Highlands to Dorset with Martin helped restore my faith in people

Beales, which has been trading since 1881, is closing its store in Poole, Dorset at the end of the month

The Aurora Borealis stunned the nation last year, with dazzling light displays being visible as far south as Dorset, Essex, Cambridgeshire and…

‘Humbling and hopeful’ in different ways, these timely reads help people of all ages navigate the climate and ecological crises.

Numbers have plummeted in recent years, but the problem is no one really knows why nesting pairs fail to rear young

A wrong-way minibus driver smashed head-on into a driver near Sherborne, Dorset, in September 2023, newly-released footage shows.