News in Dorchester

Losing weight means Kellie can now play with her five children.

Busy mum Kellie Dixon, 35 from Dorchester, had struggled with her weight all her life. Having five children and constantly making excuses not to go out with them for a walk or to the park to play as she was struggling to keep up with them Kellie knew something had to change.

Here are the latest vacancies in and around the Dorchester area.

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Much-loved actress and national icon Joanna Lumley - like Nub News - shares a love of visiting and highlighting local communities across the country and has just launched her new TV series doing just that.

Nub News is delighted to help spread awareness of her series, 'Joanna Lumley's Home Sweet Home - Travels in my Own Land' which is on ITV.

More than 90 homes have signed up to take part in Dorchester Winter Wanderland.

The event, which takes place from February 19 to 21 from 6pm to 9pm, encourages households to light up the streets of Dorchester by creating a display any way they wish. The theme this year is 'A Brighter Future'.

West Dorset MP Chris Loder is calling for a tenfold increase in penalties for animal cruelty.

Mr Loder spoke during the House of Commons Committee debate this week in which his Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill was scrutinised in detail.

On Safer Internet Day, children from The Prince of Wales School will be joining with hundreds of other schools nationally in an attempt to break an official Guinness World Record.

On Tuesday, February 9 the school will be joining the global effort to break the record for the most pledges received for an internet safety campaign in 24 hours, in association with 2Simple Software and the UK Safer Internet Centre.

Dorchester Police are warning residents of a scam received by one of their officers.

PCSO Donnison received a call from the number shown claiming that her National Insurance number had been compromised. An automated message advised her that to fix the supposed issue she should press 1 on her handset to be connected to the caller.

Police and councils in Dorset are already working on plans to cope with a massive influx of visitors at Easter and in the summer.

The county's police and crime panel heard that they were caught out by the huge numbers which flooded into the county last year as soon as lockdown was lifted.

Tributes have been paid to Dorset's retiring police and crime commissioner Martyn Underhill after nine years in the role.

Elections for a new commissioner will be held in May, the Government confirmed on Friday, with polling stations open but with voters asked to bring their own pen or pencil to cut down on the risk of virus transmission.

Popular Dorchester attraction, Sculpture by the Lakes, picked up four awards at this year's Dorset Tourism Awards.

Awards day was a bit different this year, which was held online over five sessions yesterday (Thursday) but 61 awards were presented in 22 categories.