The rider, a local 70-year-old man, suffered a fractured eye socket, and a broken arm and leg in the crash in Wareham last year.

Driver, 74, fined after crash which left motorcyclist with serious injuries

Campaigners are celebrating after Dorset County Council refused permission to replace a level crossing at Wareham railway station.

Campaigners celebrate as controversial Wareham level crossing refused

The little boy was crossing the road with his family in Wareham on Thursday when he was struck by an articulated lorry.

One of Dorset's tawny owls is the latest victim of a 'lethal' glue trap which was meant to solve a resident's rat problem.