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Campaign backed by £1.1m funding to get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas
Bus homeless shelter to reopen as part of pledge to get rough sleepers off streets
CCTV, balconies and home extensions in latest Weymouth planning applications
Temporary campsite for up to 50 pitches proposed in latest applications
Green councillor backs regional mayor over ‘London control’ in Devolution debate
Dog breeders fined thousands of pounds as warning issued to animal owners
Dorset councillors' devolution doubts as Wessex region moves a step closer
Devolution - what is it and how does it work?
Innovation Park plans £2.6m skills centre and 125 new jobs
Seafront site proposed for BT Hub opposed by town council
Bridge to close for ten months next year for essential repair work
Success as Guy Fawkes celebrations include spectacular new drone show
Residents to clear up their bonfire the council tried to ban after successful evening
New look planned for Waitrose on the Duchy of Cornwall Poundbury estate
Chapel conversion among the latest planning applications submitted in Dorset
Multiple roads in Dorset to temporarily close for road works this month
'Leave our car parks alone': Local leaders hit out at parking charge plans
Welcome for rail station lift plan said to be back on track with designs now complete
Dorchester bonfire grows despite council warnings it is unauthorised and uninsured
Councillor says failed Weymouth and Dorchester 20mph schemes could harm residents
More than 170 people attend Dorset event supporting families of SEND children
Anger mounting as car park charges could shoot up again and free parking scrapped
Claims of 20mph vote rigging denied after poll goes against lower limit
Guy Ritchie sent letter over bird flu rules after probe at £9m country estate
National Care Leavers Month being marked in Dorset with exhibition this month
Dorset library launches new scheme to improve access and modernise its services
Residents defy council bonfire ban - saying it's a local tradition
Look closely at these Weymouth toilets and you'll find a scar from the Civil War
‘Doom-mongers have won again’ over bonfire
Power cut affects council meeting to discuss traffic calming
Weymouth Town Council rejects proposal to fly Palestinian flag over offices
Dorset field centre approved new showers and toilets for greater pupil privacy
Former Dorchester department store to get 16 co-living rooms and a gym
Third Wetherspoon pub planned for Weymouth as licensing application submitted
Toilets to charge 50p after ‘appalling’ vandalism and drug-related issues
Shoppers call for traffic review for town shopping site
Reeve the Baker to open 14th shop in Dorchester with outdoor seating planned
Weymouth pub refused plan to replace 11 tourist rooms with bedsits
Dorchester residents warned not to build or light bonfire on Elizabeth Place land
Castle-like Weymouth building for conversion to offices
Seasonal campsite among the latest planning applications submitted in Dorset
Multiple roads in Dorset to face temporary closures for various works
Weymouth beach café applies to Dorset Council for a premises licence
16-home Upton scheme refused over scale and height concerns
133,660 Dorset homes to receive £100 energy bill payment from January 2027
Dorchester blanket 20mph limit likely to be dropped after public opposition
Devolution deal on the cards for Wessex - Chancellor of the Exchequer
Dorset councillors welcome budget help for homeless but call for fairer funding
Static caravan mysteriously pops up on side of main road
Weymouth public toilets to close for five-month refurbishment
New homes, hotels, and leisure ideas floated to regenerate town's waterfront sites
Dorset field centre to add facilities for transgender pupils and others
New project aims to understand experiences of people ageing without children
Palestinian flag could be raised in town to mark day of independence