Trevor Bevins

Dorset Innovation Park firm plans major expansion creating one hundred jobs

Public calls for criminal action over Dorset Council staffing scandal

Dorset Council scales back spending by £50 million mid-year

Police discuss possible fraud over Dorset Council building works

Dorset Police funding concerns raised again by commissioner

Dorset Council audit finds sacked officers bypassed financial rules

Calls for unified crash reporting system across Dorset and BCP

Dorset Police Commissioner calls for better IT to speed up calls

Dorset children’s services face £3.5m shortfall as pilot ends

Mobile coverage across Dorset labelled ‘appalling’ by councillors

Dorset Council warns cost of living support may not continue

West Parley garden centre receives objection for new entrance

Stress levels of council staff at an all-time high claims union

Dorset councillors set to vote themselves a pay increase this week

Hundreds of homes set to be provided by Dorset Council

East Dorset Beryl Bikes scheme branded a mess by local Councillor

Two solar farms to be decided by Dorset Council planners

Another housing application submitted for Birchdale Road green site in Wimborne

Green light for Sainsbury’s to place more than 1,000 solar panels on the roof of its Ferndown superstore

Extra £6 million to be pumped into council’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a faster rate.

Uncertainty continues over the future of Dorset’s next Local Plan

Expansion plans for jet fuel storage at Bournemouth Airport to cope with upturn in flights are approved

Ferndown councillor appeals for A road to be downgraded to B road to avoid Longham Bridge issues

Improvements to Ferndown’s “lifeless concrete street” planned by Town Council

Large number of inquiries about the top post at Dorset Council says leader Nick Ireland

Sale of former East Dorset council offices at Furzehill held up by right of way claim across site

Improvement plans for the Haven House Inn at Mudeford Quay refused

Supermarket seeks approval for over 1,000+ solar panels while historic hotel gets green light for 112

New quarry proposed for Alderholt being considered by Dorset Council

‘Average’ households in Dorset to pay £14 extra for the county’s police force in coming financial year

Dorset Council discuss using AI for new customer contact system

Dorset Council advertises for new Chief Executive paying up to £200,000 a year

Beryl Bikes to cease service in east Dorset due to lack of interest

Exercise park for sensitive and reactive dogs proposed for land off Long Lane in Colehill

Residents and parish council among opponents to plans for new development at West Parley

Dorset Council job losses could run to hundreds of posts as technology takes over

East Dorset councillor wants better bus services in St Leonards and St Ives

New wildlife road signs warning of the danger to hedgehogs and other creatures set for Dorset

Care Dorset unveils plans to launch its own Care Academy to tackle ongoing staff shortage in sector

PCC says police operation targeting small number of ‘professional’ shoplifters has proven to be a success

Dorset councillors “deeply saddened” by the deaths at Swanage care home

BCP Council’s housing request to Dorset Council described as a “brazen approach”

Verwood councillor gets approval to ban live animals as prizes on Dorset Council land

Police stop and search numbers in Dorset increase by 25 per cent with stolen goods as most common find

Dog rescue and re-homing centre refused planning permission

Improvement work for Moors Valley Railway Kingsmere station agreed by Dorset Council

Social care housing contract potentially worth in excess of £170m over ten years advertised

Almost a third of waste in the wrong bins but Dorset Council is still one of the best for recycling

Debts of £37.3 million owed to Dorset Council are too high, says committee chairman

Wimborne’s Allendale Community Centre roof repairs delayed for second time