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People in Dorset are being urged to have their jabs ahead of winter

Vaccinations: Vulnerable people urged to book jabs in Dorset

VULNERABLE people in Dorset are being urged to get their Covid-19 and flu jabs ahead of the winter. Vaccination appointments…

Holly Lamb is coordinating the appeal

Do your bit to send Christmas presents from Dorset around the world

A CHARITY effort to send Christmas present from Dorset to children around the world is underway. Total Energy Services, which…

Hamworthy United FC have been unable to play at the County Ground. Picture: Google

Hamworthy United FC withdraws from league due to ‘untenable’ financial situation

HAMWORTHY United FC has withdrawn from the Southern League due to an “untenable” financial situation. The club was forced to…

Police are keen to trace these people after a robbery at Tesco in New Milton. Picture: Hampshire Police

CCTV appeal after mobile phones stolen from New Milton Tesco

POLICE are keen to trace these people after mobile phones were stolen – and staff assaulted – during a…

Allysha Pell, trainee play specialist (left) and Debbie Daniels, play specialist, with children's unit staff nurse Kev O'Brien, are keen to meet as many children – and their soft toys - as possible at the teddy bear clinics

Take your teddy for a check-up during appointments at Poole Hospital

TEDDY bears sometimes need a check-up too – and Poole Hospital is offering just that. Children attending the Longfleet Road…

From left: Alistair Doxat-Purser, Mayor of Blandford Cllr Hugo Mieville, Hayley Britton, Heidi Roberts and Gail Del-Pinto from Nourish

Blandford Foodbank+ re-launches as Nourish after major refurbishment

A VENTURE that started life as a small foodbank has re-opened at refurbished premises as a community hub, larder…

The team at St Ives House 'rode' 200 miles in September

Care home staff, residents and visitors clock 200 miles for charity

VISITORS, residents and staff at a Ringwood care home got in the saddle for the Alzheimer’s Society. A static bike…

Former Dorset PC Ravi Canhye has been jailed for 16 years

Former Dorset Police officer – rapist Ravi Canhye – jailed for 16 years

A FORMER Dorset Police officer has been sentenced to 16 and half years in prison after being convicted of…

Luke Eamon Charig has been jailed for robbing Spar in Gordon Road, Wimborne

Man jailed after robbing Wimborne Spar at knifepoint

A MAN has been jailed after robbing a Wimborne store at knifepoint. Luke Eamon Charig, of Littlemayne near Dorchester, appeared…

Happy Mondays legend Shaun Ryder is set to be in Poole in September 2024. Picture: Paul Husband

Shaun Ryder planning on twisting some melons, man, in Poole…

SHAUN Ryder – the wild man of rock who has become a national treasure – will be bringing his…