A man who allegedly drove a fuel tanker into the home of a woman he knew, setting it on fire, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Police launched a manhunt after a man fled the scene.

Wool Charter Fair returns to Millennium Square near Wareham on 9 May, featuring traditional crafts, local traders, heritage displays, and family activities.

Not many people outside Dorset will have heard of Wool. It's a quiet village of around 5,000 people, with picture postcard thatched cottages, a haunted bridge, and a Manor House that provided ...

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James Weld of the Lulworth Estate and Jim Knight, MP for South Dorset, officially opened Barratt Homes’ popular Purbeck Gate development in Wool, Dorset. The development has been built on land owned ...

Members of animal rights group PETA are campaigning to get the 1,000-year-old village name changed to “Vegan Wool” much to the hilarity of residents. Elisa Allen, a director at PETA, has written to ...

Dorset Council announces road closures and parking restrictions in Portland, Wool, Charminster and Winterborne Monkton this ...