A pleasant weekend of weather lies ahead for Dorset residents- but heavy rain is forecast on the horizon.

COMEDIAN and actor Russell Brand is set to enter pleas to sex offence charges including rape and indecent assault.

Comedian and actor Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault. The 49-year-old appeared in the dock at Southwark Crown Court on Friday flanked by two officers, where he ...

HMS Lancaster had stalked the drug-runner’s boat for more than 24 hours after illegal operations were spotted by the warship’s drones.

AN investigation into an alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in a playing fields in Dorchester remains ongoing. Dorset Police has confirmed that two 14-year-old boys arrested on suspicion of rape after ...

The Russian captain of a container ship that crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. The Solong’s master, Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, ...

There were 64,680 house sales in April – 64 lower than the 177,440 reported in March, according to estimates from HMRC.

TWO Purbeck campsites are asking for the green light for temporary use this season – with one requesting year-round use for up to five motorhomes.

Ashirie Smith was given a minimum of 17 and a half years for the ‘serious, sustained’ attack on Mahir Abdulrahman at HMP Fosse Way.

Schools and the NHS are “not over that hurdle” of unsafe concrete, a minister has said. Catherine McKinnell also said ministers cannot “fix everything overnight” when asked how much of the maintenance ...

Comedian and actor Russell Brand is set to enter pleas to sex offence charges including rape and indecent assault.

Four billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025, scientists have said.