Dorset residents are being asked to check their electoral registration details are correct, to make sure they retain their right to vote in future elections and referendums. Letters are being sent to all …

Dorset’s Police and Crime Commissioner David Sidwick is launching a survey to ask residents for their views on crime and policing in the county – including the Gillingham area. Members of the public …

National highways experts are to examine the best route for a faster road connection to the south coast – with Dorset a potential contender for this major infrastructure improvement. As part of the …

Crime figures have fallen in Dorset, with Dorset Police seeing a 9.3 per cent drop in recorded crime in 2020, according to new figures released on Thursday 13 May 2021. Data released by …

David Sidwick has been confirmed as the new Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset. The declaration was made today, Friday 7 May, by Graham Farrant, Police Area Returning Officer, following Police and Crime …

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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 …

Town councillors say that ‘serious consideration’ should be giving to creating a hospital with an accident and emergency department and an ambulance station between Gillingham and Shaftesbury. They say that with existing hospitals …

Today,  Monday 1 March, young people across Dorset will find out which school they will be joining in September. Most students, more than 97 per cent, have been offered their first choice of …