Trevor Bevins

RESIDENTS who fought against a proposal to build a bungalow home in the rear garden of a Dorchester house may have to fight again.

FORMER pigeon aviaries are to have a new use as twelve one-bed homes.

CHANGES to holiday use for agricultural buildings at a West Dorset farm have been refused by Dorset Council.

Dozens of children in need in Dorset failed to meet the expected standard in writing, reading and maths last year, new figures show.

A FORMER day nursery in Bridport, close to Waitrose, could be converted into a four-bed home.

A LARGER kiosk has been approved on Swanage seafront for the boat hire and water taxi business.

BAD weather this morning may have an effect on voting in elections across Dorset

In total more than a quarter of a million Dorset residents are entitled to vote today, with just over 15 per cent (45,262) having already done so using a postal vote.

SIX detached homes and a new road access proposed for a site on the southern edge of Charlton Marshall has been refused.

COUNTING is underway for the Dorset Council election with results expected to be announced later today.