Dorset County, England News

A 27-year-old woman was pushed to the ground by an unknown man on a footpath near the sorting office on the Butts Pond Industrial Estate.

They plan to support rebel amendments to the bill, which was approved in the House of Commons in February despite almost half of Conservative MPs opposing it.

A "CAREER criminal" who raided a Ferndown hair salon to make money ahead of Christmas has been given a suspended sentence.

We were overwhelmed with the number of people who cast their vote and we are now able to reveal the final five, as voted for by residents and visitors for the campaign in conjunction with Bournemouth Coastal BID and Heart FM.

CALLS: Cllr Anne Rey and Cllr Ron Whittaker at the roundabout at the junction of Sandringham Gardens and Muscliffe Lane in Bournemouth Part of the 20mph zone at Shillingstone Drive, the mini roundabout at Muscliffe Lane was installed in April but has been immediately reviewed following a raft of complaints from residents.

GONE but never forgotten - family and friends raised a glass in remembrance of tragic Purbeck Isle skipper David McFarlane, a year on from his death.

The former Victorian military barracks, transformed into a jail more than 60 years ago, could begin a new lease of life as a Home Office immigration unit housing people waiting to be removed from the UK.

OFFICERS from the Christchurch and East Dorset Partnership are mounting a week-long campaign at favourite dog-walking spots in Christchurch and East Dorset to encourage people to pick up after their dogs.

Queues tailed back to Dorchester and along the Puddletown bypass after the three car smash at Kingston Pond, near Stinsford.

Adam Rothenberg, Matthew Macfadyen and Jerome Flynn in the BBC series Ripper Street, in which Abberline is portrayed as having out-dated ideas You have to feel sorry for Abberline.

THE Friends of the New Forest Airfields will be remembering RAF Sopley tomorrow from 10am until 4pm at their education centre in Merryfield Park, Bransgore.

An appeal has gone out to West Dorset families and people who could take in children in need as foster carers.

The victim's wife, who was a passenger in their Honda car, and another man - travelling in a convertible sports car involved in the crash - were rushed to hospital with serious injuries.

A spokesman for Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said that two crews of firefighters were called by paramedics as one person was medically trapped in the vehicle.

Just over a fifth of the electorate turned out to vote in the election, which was called following the death of the late Peter Farrell.

TESCO is pushing ahead with controversial plans for an Express store in Sandbanks , set to open in July - but angry residents have said they may boycott it.

Shake have returned from their most successful All England Street Dance Championship to date, where 23 of its dancers won places at the World Street Dance Championships in Denmark.

Bere Road was closed in both directions from Wareham to Westminster Road this morning after a hefty tree fell near the Silent Woman Inn.

Coker on Somerset Last Council Election : Con 28, Lib Dem 18, Lab 3, UKIP 3, Ind 2 Last Ward Election : Lib Dem 1,454 Con 1,365 Green 249 Ind 131 Last Ward Election : Lib Dem 1,687 Con 1,559 Green 271 Ind 151 Somerset has always been a Conservative / Liberal Democrat battleground going back as far as 1989.

The East Dorset Congregational Church is preparing for the second annual Craft Fair and Silent Acution to be held on Saturday, August 17 on the church lawn.