Residents, visitors and organisations in North Dorset, including Gillingham and Shaftebury, are being invited to have their say about rules concerning dogs. People are being asked what they think about dogs in public …

Gillingham, Shaftesbury and local parish councils could soon be given wider scope to control dog fouling, under a proposal put forward by North Dorset District Council, write Michael Streeter and Richard Thomas. The …

Officers investigating an assault in Gillingham are appealing for any witnesses to the incident to come forward. The victim, a local man in his 40s, was walking his dog with his wife in …