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Vehicle seized after crops damaged
CROPS have been damaged after vehicle drove through a farmers field in Piddlehinton.
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Nine golfers raised £5,000 for Weldmar Hospicecare and Ladies’ Centenary
Golfers at Came Down Golf Club raised £5,000 for Weldmar Hospicecare and the Ladies’ Centenary with a 54-hole ‘Dawn to Dusk’ charity challenge.
Bringing Jurassic Coast to life as World Heritage Site anniversary celebrated
A day of talks, art, and activities is set to bring the Jurassic Coast - one of the UK's most important landmarks - to life this Saturday (April 18).
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Teenager subjected to vile racist abuse on bus
A TEENAGE college student has spoken of her fear and frustration after being subjected to vile racist abuse on a Weymouth bus
Tennis tournament held in Dorchester in memory of club member
Dorchester Tennis and Squash Club held the Peter Cox Fun Handicap Tournament on Easter Monday, with Lorraine Slowther and Stephen Hockaday winning the final.
Dorset firm applies to change goods vehicle licence
S & V MacTaggart of Chalmington near Dorchester has applied to change its goods vehicle licence
'Louder than an alarm clock' - noise fears backed over Dorset padel court plan
A Dorset resident supports worries over a planned padel court, arguing the sport’s noise levels would be 'louder than an alarm clock'
Dorchester clinch league title after thrashing Wheatsheaf
DORCHESTER RFC have clinched the Counties 2 Tribute Ale Dorset & Wilts South title after thrashing Wheatsheaf 36-0
Window damaged in suspected catapult attack
Police are investigating after a window was smashed in what’s believed to be a catapult attack
Overnight road closures for A35 postponed
PLANNED week-long roadworks between Dorchester and Bere Regis have been moved.
Stolen delivery van driven 'dangerously' in town
A DELIVERY van has been stolen and driven 'dangerously' in Dorchester.
Fogden slams players 'love' for club after 'embarrassing' Gloucester defeat
DORCHESTER Town interim boss Wes Fogden apologised to the Magpies’ faithful after what he described as an embarrassing 5-0 home loss to Gloucester City.
Campaigners chained to fire engine protest station closures
CAMPAIGNERS trying to save their village fire station from closure chained themselves to a fire engine dressed as suffragettes
Magpies on brink of relegation after thrashing by Gloucester
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Search for missing woman last seen in Dorset continues
OFFICERS are continuing to search for a missing woman last seen in Dorchester
Mature town tree must be felled after being damaged by workmen
A MATURE tree at a busy Dorchester road junction will have to be felled after council works made it unsafe.
£2,500 already raised for local charities through Dorset walking festival
Dorchester Walking Festival 2026 offers 51 guided walks, raising £2,500 for Dorset charities. Tickets still available for festival via Eventbrite.
Family circus comedy fun set for the stage
Dorchester Arts is to welcome a burst of joyful, off‑beat creativity when Out of the Box comes to town
Family's memorial bench destroyed by arson at church
A memorial bench has been destroyed in a deliberate blaze
Update following 'unnaceptable' arson attack on memorial bench
Items have been stolen from graves to fuel a deliberate fire on church grounds.