Following on from the success of their Autumn Talks, The Grosvenor Arms in Shaftesbury has organised Spring Talks, a programme of events on Thursday nights featuring a host of interesting speakers from the …

Residents of Shaftesbury are invited to comment on a plan reflecting the local community’s vision for the town. The Shaftesbury Neighbourhood Plan’s vision for 2031 is for the town to be ‘the best …

A man who admitted burgling homes and a store in North Dorset has been jailed. Anthony James Higgins, aged 31 and of Beaufoy Close, Shaftesbury, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Tuesday …

Police officers investigating a theft from a farm in Shaftesbury are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. Some time between 11.30am and 8.50pm on Saturday 18 January 2020 five show cockerels …

Discount supermarket Lidl say they are hoping for a decision soon on their application to build a new store on the site of the old cattle market in Christy’s Lane, Shaftesbury. It is …

Police officers investigating a suspected arson and theft from a barn in North Dorset are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. They are also releasing an image of a set of …

A man arrested in connection with a number of reported burglaries in Shaftesbury has been charged and appeared in court. Three burglaries were reported to have happened between Sunday 15 December and Tuesday …

A drink driver who failed to stop at the scene of a collision in North Dorset has been banned from the road for three years. Richard Mark Vass, aged 32 and of Batchelor …

In the last of the series of Autumn Talks at Shaftesbury’s Grosvenor Arms Hotel, acclaimed storyteller Jane Flood tells magical tales from the Arthurian legends from the perspective of its powerful women and their …