News in Dorchester

As the school summer holidays are about to start, we thought we would share this again.

With trips abroad unlikely this year and more people opting to holiday in the UK, Dorset is likely to be very busy this summer.

With the hot weather we have been having, more people have been out and about, spending warm evenings on the beach or parks.

And with the school summer holidays starting, Dorset is set to be busier than ever with people enjoying its beaches, parks and green open spaces.

Dorset Police is asking people to go online if they need non-emergency help and advice this summer.

The plea comes just before the school summer holidays when more people are expected to visit the area and the number of people needing to contact the police will rise.

Part of a new bridge in Charminster started life as a footbridge in Bridport.

In June 2020, Dorset Highways replaced St Mary's Footbridge in Bridport but salvaged its timber beams for use in two footbridges in Charminster.

Dorset Police Rural Crime Team is highlighting a car to be on the lookout for after it was seen on a Dorchester farm in suspicious circumstances.

A black Peugeot 206 with the registration number of WN** KYC was seen last night (Thursday) on a farm in the Dorchester area.

There has been a "rapid increase" in Covid-19 cases across Dorset over the past week.

Public Health Dorset reports there are 1,006 confirmed cases in the Dorset Council area, compared to 581 on July 16, and 2,113 in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council area, compared to 979 on July 16.

Dorset planners are being asked to approve a new home for Dorchester's ballet and dance centre at the Sandringham sports centre off Armada Way.

The application has led to 21 letters supporting the move and 10 against.

Dorchester's Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum will soon be launching a Memory Café.

From Monday, August 2, there will be a relaxed drop=in session for those with memory difficulties and their carers and/or family members.

A Dorchester author will soon be launching his ghostly new novel.

Andrew Trim's debut novel, Acting Strangely, was inspired by his own experiences growing up in Dorchester, surrounded by its wealth of history and historical figures. With his lively imagination, these experiences manifest themselves in this comical cornucopia of ridiculous situations and characters.

More than 7,000 Covid vaccinations have been given to Dorchester residents at the Pharmacy2U centre in the town.

Since setting up in the former Argos store on the corner of High West Street and Trinity Street in May, the team have averaged around 260 vaccines a day, five days a week.