Wessex Water is introducing a hosepipe ban for all its customers. The ban, which comes into effect just after midnight tonight, is the first in the region since the summer of 1976. ‘We’ve …

Neighbourhood police officers in North Dorset have helped execute a warrant at a business premises in Gillingham as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected exploitation, immigration and financial offences. Following intelligence from …

Police officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following incidents of criminal damage to cars in Gillingham. Dorset Police received a report that a car parked in Queen …

Councillor Donna Toye has been elected as Mayor of Gillingham for the year 2026-2027, and Councillor John Kilcourse has been elected as Deputy Mayor. At Gillingham Town Council’s Mayor Making ceremony on Wednesday …

Police officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward following a fatal road crash near Gillingham. Dorset Police received a report at 2.32pm on Friday 20 March …

The local part of the council tax paid by Gillingham residents is to rise by £12 a year or £1 a month for Band D properties. The move was approved by Gillingham Town …

Employ My Ability’s (EMA) Gillingham campus – once a garden centre and café – has been transformed over the past year, with what it calls a ‘host of exciting new facilities and upgrades’. …

UPDATE: Police officers searching for a missing woman in Gillingham say that she has now been found. Louise had been reported missing during the evening of Thursday 30 October 2025. Following searches by …

The news that Gillingham’s last bank branch is set to close has prompted the local council to apply for a banking hub for the town. Lloyds Bank recently announced that it is to …