The Latest Breaking News from Dorset

The Home Office had been expecting to send an initial group of people to the accommodation in Portland, Dorset, on Tuesday.

The Dorset festival chorus and orchestra along with a fine cast do full justice to this spicy tale of a doomed love triangle – a forgotten gem that has not been staged in Britain since 1879

Refugee campaigners and residents in Dorset have raised concerns about the barge’s impact

Fire safety concerns and lack of lifejackets noted on the 500-capacity barge, moored in Portland, Dorset

The arrival of the Bibby Stockholm barge at Portland Port, in Dorset, on July 18 2023, marks a new low in the UK government’s hostile immigration environment. The vessel is set to accommodate over 500 asylum seekers. This, the Home Office argues, will benefit British taxpayers and local residents.

They had all appeared together on a Zoom call on April 3, and three days later the singer was found dead at his home in Dorset aged 46

The tragic death of a Dorset teenager is the subject of a new BBC Three documentary Gaia: A Death on Dancing Ledge

Visitors to Dorset’s Jurassic Coast have been warned to “take care” after a huge landslip saw cliffs crumble onto a beach.

It is unclear exactly when the Bibby Stockholm barge will start being used in Portland, Dorset, as the Government aims to slash hotel bills.

David Haw, 24, died after he went overboard from a rigid inflatable boat

No to the Barge and Stand Up to Racism groups come together outside Dorset port gates where the Bibby Stockholm has docked