UNBELIEVABLE: 16 - The Untold Story

What happened to Gaia Pope and where was she found?

The tragic death of a Dorset teenager is the subject of a new BBC Three documentary Gaia: A Death on Dancing Ledge

GoodToKnow · Jul 24, 2023

Visitors warned after huge landslip on the Jurassic Coast

Visitors to Dorset’s Jurassic Coast have been warned to “take care” after a huge landslip saw cliffs crumble onto a beach.

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2023

3,000 asylum seekers ‘could be living on barge and ex-military sites by autumn’

It is unclear exactly when the Bibby Stockholm barge will start being used in Portland, Dorset, as the Government aims to slash hotel bills.

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

Barges could still be used for asylum seekers under Labour, says Cooper

Shadow home secretary’s comments come as Bibby Stockholm vessel heads to Dorset from Falmouth after a refit

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2023

Bibby Stockholm barge to house asylum seekers is on the move

Around 500 asylum seekers will be housed on the accommodation barge when it is moored in Portland, Dorset.

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2023

D-day veteran, 98, put up in hostel after eviction from Dorset home

Alfred Guenigault, his daughter and son-in-law are told it could be months before council can rehouse them

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2023

‘Hugely exciting and rare’: Neolithic polishing stone found in Dorset

‘Polissoir’, discovered in Valley of Stones nature reserve, was used about 5,000 years ago to hone tools such as axes

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2023

Cancelled cruise ship costs local economy £400,000 according to Portland Port

Bosses at Dorset port said that non-arrival of Princess Cruise lines' Regal Princess had also lost berthing fees

Birmingham Post · Jul 12, 2023

Marine’s inquest to be held mostly in secret amid national security concerns

Benjamin McQueen died while taking part in a ‘maritime training exercise’ off Portland Harbour in Dorset in November 2018.

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023

Dorset firm REIDsteel is one of first members to join Jobs Foundation

The Christchurch-based structural engineering business has thrown itself behind the new initiative, which aims to do more in local communities

Birmingham Post · Jul 10, 2023