Alex Loftus

Air Ambulance calls for Christmas donations after record incidents

DORSET and Somerset Air Ambulance (DSAA) has launched its first-ever Christmas appeal, in a bid to raise…

Controversial Wareham wind turbines – your questions answered by landowner

AFTER decades of legal wrangling and planning paralysis, four wind turbines are being installed near Wareham. The project has seen…

Swanage Christmas Market. Photo: Swanage Events

Christmas market in Swanage, plans unveiled

A CHRISTMAS market will take place in Swanage on Saturday (December 2).  Visitors will be able…

Corfe Castle illuminated by christmas lights. Photo: Jon Bish.

Christmas lights at Corfe Castle – plans unveiled

THE Christmas lights at Corfe Castle are set to be switched on this Thursday (December 2) –…

The RNLI lifeboat crew rescuing a flooding boat from Poole Harbour. Photo: RNLI.

RNLI rescue boat filling with water in Poole Harbour

A LIFEBOAT crew rescued a boat as it started to fill with water after running aground off…

Selina Kerley's new flower shop at 62 High Street, Swanage

New Swanage florist to blossom in 2024 opening 

SWANAGE will finally have a flower shop, with a new outlet opening on the high street in…

Rescued chimpanzee Naree “hanging out” at Monkey World ©MonkeyWorld

You could adopt chimpanzee Naree – rescued from a Thai circus

MEET Naree, one of 52 chimpanzees who live at Monkey World, the ape sanctuary in Wareham. 

Police officers in Dorset will be using handheld metal detectors to crackdown on knife crime. Picture: Dorset Police

Police make 14 arrests and seize 28 knives in clamp down on crime

DORSET Police have made 14 arrests for knife-related crime and removed 28 blades from circulation in a…

Former Dorset Police worker Lisa Arnold. Photo: Dorset Police

Former Dorset Police worker who stole from Force ordered to pay £32,000

FORMER Dorset Police worker Lisa Arnold has been ordered to pay over…

Fliers have been printed to oppose the felling of this sycamore

Plan to fell Wareham sycamore tree faces objection from residents

A CAMPAIGN has been launched in a bid to save a landmark sycamore tree in Wareham –…