A WEST Dorset care home is asking to convert a former stable building to add up to a dozen dementia care bedrooms.

Dorset businesses and organisations are being reminded of their new responsibilities as the government brings in important new legislation ...

Tributes have been paid to a long-serving volunteer of the Lyme Regis RNLI who has died. Brian Cursley, 83, served the lifeboat charity for some 20 years in several roles including manager of the RNLI ...

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show a girl born in Dorset between 2021 and 2023 has a life expectancy of 84.8 years – one of the highest across the region. Meanwhile, boys born in the ...

Bridport Town Council has confirmed that the Bridport Football Club car park off Skilling Hill Road will be completed in January - slightly later than planned. Work began in late October to resurface ...

Shane Hadderton, 36, Marvin Usher, 33, and Deividas Fiodorovas, 36, were all sentenced on Thursday at Chelmsford Crown Court.

Mozambique’s main opposition leader has returned from self-imposed exile saying he still rejects the results of a disputed ...

NHS England has published its latest monthly performance data for hospitals, along with this week’s snapshot of winter virus ...

Thousands of firefighters were attempting to contain the original Palisades fire, which has burnt nearly 16,000 acres.

The US president was scheduled to leave for Italy after giving the eulogy for former president Jimmy Carter at his funeral in ...

In social media news, the Daily Mirror writes Elon Musk’s posts are being probed by Britain’s counterterrorism unit. Friday's front page: Musk hate probe #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/KqpjpSsLnu ...