Railway rides to return to Shillingstone station in 2025
Railway rides will be returning to north Dorset for the first time in almost 60 years at the heritage railway station at Shillingstone ...
What the papers say – December 28
A variety of domestic political issues lead Saturday’s headlines. The Daily Telegraph focuses on Nigel Farage, who says tech billionaire Elon Musk will help his Reform party beat the Tories. Sign up ...
Campaign to protect historic Chapelhay Steps in Weymouth
Mr Vine says that the steps played a part in the Battle of Weymouth on February 27, 1645, and were used by the townsfolk of every century between the 1100s right up to the Victorian era when they were ...
Dorset Council hits out at lack of government funding
Dorset Council has slammed the government for 'failing' to address the cost and demand pressures for statutory services ...
Dorcheste take Basingstoke 48 hours after Poole Town draw
DORCHRESTER take on Basingstoke later today, just two days after their Boxing Day draw with Poole Town. The games come thick and fast over the festive period but Dorchester manager Tom Killick has ...
Uplifting stories of 2024: From Boki the bear’s surgery to Hardest Geezer’s run
A brown bear in Kent receiving life-saving brain surgery and the “Hardest Geezer” running the entire length of Africa were among the most eye-catching uplifting moments of 2024. Here, the PA news ...
Ireland worried US labelling Real IRA as terrorists would help recruitment
Irish officials were worried that a US decision to designate the Real IRA (RIRA) as a foreign terrorist organisation might help recruitment for the paramilitary group. Just years after the signing of ...
Thousands of motorists caught drug-driving four times or more
Thousands of motorists have been caught drug-driving at least four times, sparking calls for ministers to consider introducing rehabilitation courses for offenders. A total of 33,020 British drivers ...
Ireland asked Tower of London to return ‘illegally smuggled’ rare cannons
A decades-long dispute over the ownership of the cannons included many twists, including concerns that they could be targetted by the ...
TUC leader calls for ‘year of delivery’ for workers
A union leader has called for 2025 to be a “year of delivery” for workers after 14 years of “Tory chaos”. TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said in his new year message that working people desperately ...
Three quarters of precious habitats and wildlife unmonitored in past five years
Figures obtained through an Environmental Information Regulations request showed a lack of assessments of SSSIs.
Bureaucratic delays tied up return of ‘Liberator’ painting
Newly released files from the National Archives in Dublin show a protracted process in which plans to display that original portrait in the Irish parliament buildings were changed, sparking some ...