The death of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests may have seemed a distant reality to many people in Dorset. In the predominantly rural county, the population is 97.9% white.

As pupils prepare for the Christmas break for some time away from education, some families will already be planning for the year ahead.

The NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board (ICB), currently facing a financial deficit, is undertaking a programme to cut jobs among National Health Service (NHS) employees, regardless of the impact this ...

Women's equality groups across Dorset are gathering to discuss how to tackle violence against women and girls. A summit meeting is being held urging leaders in the field to bring an end to ...

Two "important and unusual" hoards of Bronze and Iron Age treasure found in Dorset are to remain in the county after a fundraising appeal. A group of 40 coins dating from 2nd Century BC, and a ...

In preparation for sweeping attacks on jobs, pensions, and working conditions, National Health Service (NHS) hospital trusts across Dorset, England have announced plans to transfer more than 1,300 ...

Complaints from the public are “understandable", according to the councils, given the closure of front desks at Shaftesbury, Gillingham and Sturminster Newton police stations, with the reintroduction ...

The Black History in Dorset Project aims to explore the experiences of black people in Dorset. Behind the project is British-Ghanaian poet and historian Louisa Adjoa Parker. Here she describes ...

A near-complete skeleton found on Dorset's Jurassic coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the oceans. The dolphin-sized ...

One of the UK’s largest immigration removal centres is to be shut down amid heightened criticism of Britain's system of migrant detention. The Verne in Dorset, which holds 580 people, will be closed ...

All hotels have been independently reviewed by our expert writers, who are usually hosted on a complimentary basis. We will earn a commission if you book via the links below, but this never affects ...

The newly elected mayor of tiny Dorset, Minnesota, may be only 3, but James Tufts knows exactly what it means to be a leader: “Being nice and no poopy talk.” James became the ceremonial head of this ...