A pensioner has been fined £130 after he resorted to painting a zebra crossing over a busy road he and his disabled wife struggled to cross. Laurie Phillips was investigated by the police and summoned to an interview at the police station over allegations he had caused criminal damage. The 78-year-old had got fed up … Read more
A pensioner has been fined £130 after he resorted to painting a zebra crossing over a busy road he and his disabled wife struggled to cross. Laurie Phillips was investigated by the police and summoned to an interview at the police station over allegations he had caused criminal damage. The 78-year-old had got fed up … Read more
The PALER Horse: 320ft chalk rider carved into Dorset hillside 216 years ago is now barely visible after Covid stops gardeners from removing WEEDS The 216 year old landmark is has not been maintained as usual for more than one year ‘Realistically, there is nobody else who could do it’ according to local councillor ‘We need … Read more
Temperatures plunged to -6C in England last night as hundreds of ice and flood warnings are in place today and eight inches of snow have been forecast as Britain braces for a week of snow. Parts of Scotland experienced temperatures of -15C while a yellow warning for ice stretching from western Welsh coasts across to … Read more
Facebook has banned a Dorset-based historical re-enactment society for a second time after mistaking it for a far-right militia group. Five elderly members of the Wimborne Militia of Dorset were left bemused after their Facebook accounts were suspended last month. The social media giant has been taking down and restricting accounts of right-wing paramilitary groups … Read more
Facebook has banned a Dorset-based historical re-enactment society for a second time after mistaking it for a far-right militia group. Five elderly members of the Wimborne Militia of Dorset were left bemused after their Facebook accounts were suspended last month. The social media giant had been taking down and restricting accounts of right-wing paramilitary groups … Read more
Villagers struggling to buy their first home in unaffordable a Dorset ‘ghost village’ filled with holiday homes have been thrown a lifeline after new houses were built for locals only. The nine homes have been built in Worth Matravers on the picturesque Isle of Purbeck, a peninsular in Dorset. Sixty per cent of the 180 … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: ‘Waves would hit the window of the house’: Actress Kate Winslet says she had to rough it in a storm-blasted cottage in Dorset By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:25 GMT, 20 December 2020 | Updated: 00:27 GMT, 20 December 2020 It’s a … Read more
Campaigners face fresh battle to stop 89-home housing estate being built next to historic Dorset manor Wolfeton House that inspired Thomas Hardy Planning inspectors had ruled against a 120-home project near Wolfeton House But developers were told some of the proposed properties might be acceptable Land Value Alliances have now come forward with an 89-home … Read more
A preacher has been awarded a £50 pay-out and £1,200 in legal costs by Dorset Police after an officer forcibly removed him from a van while he sang Amazing Grace to a crowd amid coronavirus lockdown. Dorset Police did not admit liability after Dominic Muir, 44, said a police officer ‘aggressively’ mounted his van and … Read more