Man arrested over 'racially abusive remarks' at kebab house
A MAN has been arrested over a racially-aggravated incident in Bridport town centre.
View ArticlePolice called as 150-strong "mob" advance on officers at Dorset immigration...
CONCERNS have been raised about the safety of staff at The Verne Immigration Removal Centre after reports of a disturbance involving a ‘mob’ of detainees.
View ArticleTell us where she is, Dad: family's plea to find body as killer finally...
THE man convicted of murdering his wife in Bournemouth 30 years ago has finally admitted the killing, the Daily Echo can exclusively reveal.
View ArticleMissing: three convicted sex offenders ‘disappear’ in Dorset, police reveal
Dorset Police has told the Echo the force does not know the whereabouts of three convicted sex offenders.
View ArticleDorset residents hand £1m to fraudsters in just a year
DORSET residents have lost more than a million pounds to fraudsters in phone scams in just a year, police have revealed.
View ArticleStabbing victim Pennie 'deserved to die' accused told her childminder
A WOMAN accused of conspiring to kill Pennie Davis told her childminder that the dead woman was a paedophile who deserved to die.
View ArticleCCTV: Can you help identify three men wanted over shoplifting offences?
POLICE investigating three separate shoplifting offences have asked for the public’s help in identifying three men they want to speak to.
View Article"One woman crime wave" back behind bars after stealing purse from woman in...
A "one woman crime wave" who has spent most of the last six years in prison is back behind bars after stealing money from a woman in a wheelchair.
View ArticleCCTV: Can you identify three people wanted over theft at John Lewis store?
Police have appealed for help in identifying three people following a shoplifting offence in Poole.
View ArticleJailed: Shoplifter who punched woman in the face in front of her young son
A shoplifter has been jailed for punching a woman in the face in front of her 10-year-old son at a convenience store in Bournemouth.
View ArticleIs money stolen from Dorset residents being used to fund ISIS?
ELDERLY residents in Poole and Purbeck could be falling victim to a telephone scam launched to bankroll Islamic State militants, it has emerged.
View ArticleEver wondered what it's like to be police officer? Dorset's newest recruits...
DORSET Police is producing a fly-on-the-wall documentary-style look into the training of its newest police officers.
View ArticleCan you help identify man said to have racially-abused woman?
POLICE are searching for a man alleged to have hurled racist abuse at a Sherborne woman.
View ArticleEFIT: Do you know man police want to speak with in connection with three...
POLICE have issued an efit image of a man they want to speak with following three burglaries in New Milton.
View ArticleDid you see silver Mercedes van wanted by police over "hit-and-run"?
POLICE are appealing for information following an alleged hit-and-run in Bournemouth.
View ArticleWoman "bites and scratches" to fight off masked intruders in her New Forest home
A NEW Forest woman fought off two masked intruders who tried to restrain her while searching her home.
View ArticleTwenty Dorset children at "significant risk" of child sexual exploitation,...
MORE than 60 vulnerable children in Dorset have been assessed as at risk of Child Sexual Exploitation(CSE) in the last six months with 15 people arrested on suspicion of horrific sex crimes against...
View ArticleCan you help track down Lighthouse charity box thief?
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a thief stole money from a charity box at Poole Lighthouse.
View ArticlePolice called to Parkstone after officer suffers chipped tooth in alleged...
POLICE were called to a disturbance in Parkstone this evening after two men allegedly assaulted an officer.
View ArticleMan who assaulted a police officer so badly she can't work given just 80...
A POLICE officer violently assaulted by a man on a drunken night out in Bournemouth was so badly injured she has been unable to return to work.
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