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Dorset OPCC custody visiting scheme recognised nationally for its high quality

Dorset’s Independent Custody Visiting Scheme, run by the OPCC, received a gold quality assurance award from the Independent Custody Visiting Association

Care home to hold summer fete next week in aid of Lewis-Manning Hospice Care

Moors Manor Care Home in St Leonards will host a summer fete on Wednesday, August 12 in aid of Lewis-Manning Hospice Care

More than 700 cars set to arrive in Wimborne for motoring event later this month

Canford Classic & Supercar Sunday will return to the grounds of Canford School in Wimborne on Sunday, August 23 and is expected to attract up to 6,000 visitors.

Tom Hayes: 'In our town, people look out for one another'

Andy Burnham is capping bus fares, cutting taxes, and fixing a broken social care system failing his own father Roy who has Alzheimer’s

Forgotten wooden toys made in the New Forest can sell for thousands

Forgotten Forest Toys gathering dust in Hampshire and Dorset lofts could be worth thousands.

Rising SEND costs mean less for cleaning our streets, council chief warns

The council's huge debts to support children with special educational needs could be wiped by the government later this year, as the chief executive warns of rising numbers.

School caretaker to walk entire length of Jurassic Coast to fund new school minibus

The caretaker of a middle school in Wimborne is set to walk the entire distance of the Jurassic coast over five days days to raise money to buy the school a new minivan.

Crime is falling, but Bournemouth's safety perception problem remains, council admits

BCP Council chiefs say crime is down and cleaning crews are working flat out, but admit figures will not make people feel safer in Bournemouth town centre.