A SCHOOL has been forced to temporarily close after a suspected norovirus outbreak. Ferndown Middle School in Dorset decided ...

The fire authority is facing a funding shortfall of £1.2million in the next financial year. | ITV News West Country ...

Based on Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, Dorset is the fifth oldest region in the UK for its proportion of older residents. According to a new report by Opera Beds, 30.5 per cent of ...

Dorset is among the UK’s oldest regions by population, new analysis shows. According to a new report by Opera Beds, 30.5 per cent of Dorset’s population is aged 65 and over, compared to the national ...

Mysterious red fields have appeared across Dorset, but they’re not poppies ...

The Great Big Dorset Hedge (GBDH) project is hosting seven events across the county as part of the Society for Ecological Restoration’s Make a Difference Week, which runs from May 30 to June 7.

The Burlington Police Department has released a trove of body camera videos from the officers who responded to a ...

The UKHSA said it had identified a social network connecting the three cases.

Schools of two pupils being treated for meningitis have been confirmed after a college student died. The sixth-form pupil at ...

Urgent work to plug a hole in a historical harbour wall which was due to begin on Monday has been postponed. The Cobb in Lyme ...