Dorset Police has seen a 6.0 per cent drop in recorded crime, according to new figures released on Thursday 4 November 2021, and has the ninth lowest crime rate in England & Wales. …

Salisbury District Hospital has announced that both the Springs and Hedgerows restaurants are now open for patients and visitors. Both facilities have been closed due to the hospital’s response to the pandemic but …

Dorset Council have admitted that their planning services are struggling with what they term ‘Covid demand’. The construction industry has seen a huge surge during the pandemic, the council says. And homeowners with …

On Saturday 31 July, Gillingham Town Council held a Covid-19 Community Volunteer Thank You event, hosted by the Mayor of Gillingham, Councillor Paul Harris, QGM. The High Sheriff of Dorset, Michael Dooley, was …

South West Wiltshire MP Dr Andrew Murrison has been demobilized after ten weeks leading military vaccination teams of Navy, Army and Air Force medics in South and East London and the South West. …

Asda in Gillingham recently delivered 10 laptops to Gillingham Primary School as part of the supermarket’s initiative to provide more than 7,000 laptops to schools across the UK to help tackle digital exclusion. …

The organisers of the Gillingham Carnival have decided not to hold this year’s carnival processsion, which had been scheduled for 9 October. The decision, which means the town’s procession has now been cancelled …

With coronavirus cases easing and in line with national guidance, Salisbury District Hospital has partially lifted its visitor restrictions. From today, Tuesday 13 April, patients will be able to have a daily visitor …

More local community testing facilities will be available in north Dorset from Monday 29 March for all eligible residents, Public Health Dorset has announced. This includes a mobile testing unit visiting Gillingham each …