Consumer confidence has fallen sharply in “not encouraging news” for the Government as households “nervously” await next ...

A SIGNIFICANT portion of debt overseen by the police and crime commissioner is from building a new headquarters for Dorset Police.

Drugs that switch on vitamin A in the body may also help stave off conditions such as motor neurone disease (MND), raising hopes of new treatments, research suggests. Scientists found drugs which ...

Picky eating is largely influenced by genes and peaks at the age of seven, scientists have found. Analysis suggests food fussiness starts during toddler years and continues into early adolescence.

INSURANCE and asset management giant Legal & General (L&G) has agreed to sell its housebuilding subsidiary Cala back to its former owner in a £1.35 billion deal. Investment firms Sixth Street Partners ...

The Mast has come back with its major plan for a black of flats at the former Punshon Memorial Church site in Exeter Road, Bournemouth, opposite the BIC. Developers have submitted a planning ...

A DEVOTED couple who have spent nearly their whole lives together celebrated a milestone wedding anniversary at a Dorset care home. Janet and Norman Carey met in 1951 while she was producing a ...

RENT in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole rose 10 per cent in the past year, new figures show. Provisional figures from the Office for National Statistics show the average private rent in the ...

VIKKI Slade has taken on a new role as part of the Liberal Democrat’s front bench MPs. The MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole has been promoted to a 33-member front bench team for the party. She will ...

The latest findings suggest Thwaites Glacier and much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be lost by the 23rd century. Its ice rests on a bed far below sea level that slopes downwards towards the ...

DAVID Brooks and Enes Unal completed their recovery from injuries at Cherries on Saturday. Both were named on the bench against Chelsea last weekend, with Unal coming on with seven minutes to play.

THE charity chief of a Ukrainian aid charity based in Dorset has begun to collect aid for Poland after it has been devastated by floods.