Enclosure older than Salisbury monument found under late novelist’s garden is given heritage protectionWhen the author Thomas Hardy was writing Tess of the D’Urbervilles in 1891, he chose to set the novel’s...
Read MoreTwo others rescued after incident during training with HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier off Dorset coastA member of the Royal Navy has died after a Merlin Mk4 helicopter crashed in the Channel off the coast of Dorset during...
Read MoreJohn Wordsworth drowned when East India Company ship sank off Dorset in 1805 and its story is important, says Historic EnglandThe government has granted protection to the wreck of a ship that was captained by the brother of the...
Read MoreVessel moored in Dorset, which is home to 400 people, to be shut down in January when contract endsThe Bibby Stockholm, the controversial barge that has been used to accommodate asylum seekers, is to be shut down, the government...
Read MoreConcerns over Leonard Farruku’s mental health were ignored, says worker, as family calls for inquiryThe family of Leonard Farruku is calling for an independent inquiry into his death on the Bibby Stockholm barge, the...
Read More‘Closed quasi-detention conditions’ mean death of Leonard Farruku should be examined, lawyers sayThe family of Leonard Farruku is calling for an independent inquiry into his death on the Bibby Stockholm barge, the...
Read MoreVessel is cramped, a fire risk and unsuitable accommodation for people suffering trauma, say charitiesMinisters are being urged to close the Bibby Stockholm barge after an asylum seeker being housed on the vessel is believed to...
Read MoreJust Stop Oil protesters block causeway and briefly halt coach carrying men to vessel in Portland portUK politics live – latest updatesThere were chaotic scenes as the UK government forced asylum seekers to return to the...
Read MoreUrgent hearing comes days before Home Office is due to return asylum seekers to barge in PortlandDorset council is facing an urgent high court challenge by one of its local mayors about the use of the Bibby Stockholm barge to...
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