Dorset Police

OFFICERS found a haul of cannabis, drug gear and ball bearings in a car which they seized in Christchurch.

A DRIVER had to be cut free by firefighters after a high-performance sports car careered off the A35 Christchurch bypass into a ditch.

POLICE are seeking a woman whose dog bit a man as he tried to stop it attacking his son’s pet in Highcliffe.

TENS of thousands of pounds of illegal drugs have been taken out of circulation, police have said, as part of a new crackdown on county lines dealing.

POLICE have stepped up patrols around a Highcliffe clifftop café’s car park plagued by “dangerous and highly disruptive” anti-social driving.

A SPEEDING car with a blue flashing light overtook several other vehicles as it erratically drove along Parley Lane in Hurn.

POLICE hit out at a “selfish” motorist who forced open an emergency access gate to escape a tailback on the A338 Spur Road, near Christchurch.

DORSET Police needs to improve how it investigates crime and responds to the public, a force watchdog said.

THE RSPB has hit out at Dorset Police after they closed a case into a white-tailed eagle found dead, despite finding traces of rat poison.

POLICE have slammed rubbernecking motorists and pedestrians after a lorry hit a bridge on the A31 near Ringwood.

A BODY was found in Christchurch Harbour yesterday (Sunday) following a two-week search for a missing elderly woman.

POLICE are appealing to find the driver of a car thought to have been involved in rural crimes after it failed to stop for officers in Ringwood.

POLICE have been carrying out a large-scale search in Iford today (Monday) for a missing elderly woman thought to be in the area.

GOLD jewellery of great sentimental value was stolen when burglars raided a pensioner's Highcliffe home.

MORALE is low among police in Hampshire and Dorset, a survey has indicated, with officers said to be feeling “betrayed” by the government.

CHRISTCHURCH woman Karen Stone who disappeared two days ago has been found hours after a police appeal.

CRIME rose slightly in Hampshire but continued to fall in Dorset, according to official figures showing sex offences still rising for both counties.

DORSET’S police and crime commissioner has apologised for making the maximum increase possible in the force's budget next year.

POLICE have launched an investigation into a large blaze which gutted a derelict commercial property in Christchurch.

POLICE investigating a sex assault in Christchurch have released a CCTV picture of a man they're looking for.