When Karen Hobden left school at 14 years of age, she couldn’t read or write, not even her name or address. This continued for the next 35 years and the impact of being …

Shaftesbury town councillors reacted angrily last night after North Dorset District Council’s planning committee on October 10 turned down a controversial application by another Shaftesbury town councillor for 20 luxury houses outside the …

Shaftesbury Reserves 4 v 2 Gillingham Town As North Dorset derbies go this game on Saturday 7 October was a rather tame affair, with Shaftesbury deservedly taking the spoils. The Gills started brightly …

A woman charged in connection with a fatal collision near Blandford which claimed the life of her three-year-old daughter has entered guilty pleas at court. Alanda Jane Pike, aged 34 of Shaftesbury, appeared …

A series of residential burglaries has been reported to Dorset Police over the past month in which all the victims work in restaurants across Bournemouth and Shaftesbury. Detective Inspector Neil Wright, of the …

Estate agents in this region always keep one eye on the London property market in case it has an impact here in North Dorset and South-West Wiltshire. This year the usual price bounce …

Members of Shaftesbury Town Council have agreed to ‘kick-start’ the process of getting the community together to decide the best way forward for Shaftesbury’s Westminster Memorial Hospital following the decision to save the …

Dorset Care Commissioning Group (CCG) has officially decided that the threatened inpatient beds at Westminster Memorial Hospital are to be saved after all. The health body today backed a recommendation that the 15 …

The threatened inpatient beds at Westminster Memorial Hospital in Shaftesbury look likely to be saved after all, writes Richard Thomas. The health body Dorset Care Commissioning Group (CCG) has today announced a U-turn …