In the letter to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Dorset Council leader Nick Ireland urged them to temporarily stop permits being issued while an investigation by ...

Storm Bert descended upon Dorset over the weekend, causing mass disruption; cancelling events, cutting power and flooding. Ahead of the storm, two weather warnings were issued for both Saturday ...

💦 Two weather warnings in place - one for rain, one for wind 💦 ☔ Heavy rain expected all day and winds set to reach 60mph ☔ Dorset Council warns residents to keep away from beaches ...

A baby orangutan born in a Spanish conservation centre has travelled first class across the English Channel to get special care at a Dorset monkey sanctuary. Bornean orangutan Kiwi, who is nearly ...

Our live coverage of snow across Dorset has now finished. There is a yellow weather warning for ice from the Met Office, external in place across the county until 10:00 GMT on Friday. Temperatures ...

There have been crashes on the A35 this morning and some parts are impassable due to snow. A crash has taken place at Raymonds Hill, on the Dorset/Devon border, and the A35 is closed in both ...

Several road closures on major roads are in place across the county due to snowfall. Areas have been described as "gridlocked" with many closures on the A35 and some crashes reported. The A35 is ...

A DORSET farm shop with an "impressive variety" of stock has been named among the best in the UK. Pamphill Dairy in Wimborne was featured alongside 34 others from around the nations in a list from ...