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Windows were smashed at Morrisons Daily in Highgate Road, Ringwood. Picture: Google

Cars were damaged and shop windows smashed by vandals in Ringwood

CARS were damaged and shop windows smashed during a string of incidents in Ringwood. Police are investigating after a number…

A swastika was among symbols painted on fencing in Corfe Mullen. Pictures: Facebook

PICTURES: Police probe graffiti – including swastika – in Corfe Mullen

VILLAGERS have been left shocked after graffiti – including a swastika symbol – was sprayed on a garden fence…

Work carried out by banks and Holland was deemed sub-standard by an inspector. Pictures: Wiltshire Council

Rogue trader brothers from Poole defrauded man in his 80s out of £50,000

TWO brothers from Poole have been sentenced after defrauding an elderly man out of more than £50,000. In May 2020,…

Police forced entry to a property in Southampton Road, Ringwood. Picture: Hampshire Police

Man arrested after drugs raid in Ringwood

CASH, luxury watches and mobile phones were seized from a Ringwood property after a drugs raid. Hampshire Police carried out…

Eco’s Bryony Hammond, centre, with, from left, Laura Maidment and Charlie Squires (Julia’s House), Nicki Cluley (Lewis-Manning) and Fran Potton (Diverse Abilities). Picture: Andy Diprose/Eco Sustainable Solutions

Christmas tree collections raise £57,000 for Dorset charities

A DORSET recycling company helped raise a record £57,000 for county charities over Christmas. Eco Sustainable Solutions received collected

The arrests come after an alleged assault outside the Co-op in Wimborne. Picture: Google

13-year-old boy arrested after assault outside Wimborne Co-op

POLICE have arrested two people – including a 13-year-old boy – in connection with an assault outside a Wimborne…

The book was returned to Brookfields Primary School in Birmingham after it was found in Dorset

Book found in Dorset 120 years after being presented to star pupil in Birmingham

A BOOK presented to a star pupil in the West Midlands almost 120 years ago has been returned -…

The Dorset Tourism Business Awards took place at Weymouth Pavilion. Picture: Nick Williams

Dorset firms named as regional tourism awards finalists

THE best of tourism businesses in Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset and beyond have been recognised as finalists in the 2023/24…

Lewis Griffiths-Bungard has been jailed for 27 months. Picture: Hampshire Police

Driver who killed 75-year-old Jill Stevens in New Milton is jailed

THE driver who killed a 75-year-old woman in a hit-and-run crash in New Milton has been jailed. Jill Stevens, from…

Leonard Martin holds a bundle of miniature New Blackmore Vales - which are in the window of his tiny bookshop

PICTURES: Charlton Marshall model maker makes news bitesize!

IT’S a scene we’re all familiar with, wandering down the street and checking out the latest edition of the…