RESIDENTS face paying more in council tax after Dorset Council said it would be increasing its share of the bill.

WORK with children and families is falling short in some areas at Dorset Council with many areas of performance now labelled as “worsening.” ...

DORSET COUNCIL has issued new guidance encouraging schools to ban mobile phones and parents not to provide smartphones to under-14s, calling them ...

Dorset Council inherited 60 hotels and guesthouses from the former borough council Rent increases could be on the horizon for dozens of council-owned seaside hotels under plans that would also see ...

A council is to reconsider its approval for a new Aldi supermarket after a challenge by retail rival Lidl. The £7m store at ...

NEW planning proposals have been lodged with Dorset Council, covering a range of residential extensions and property alterations in ...

A council is encouraging schools to ban phones during the day as part of their behaviour policies. Dorset Council has ...

A former authority has been blamed for years of neglect at more than 5,000 acres of council-owned farms. Many sites in the Dorset Council region are said to be in a poor state and in need of ...

Spring 2019 has been notable for news of hard-up councils facing fundamental restructures, leading to the dissolution of familiar local government entities. Last week the long-awaited division into ...

WORK with children and families is falling short in some areas at Dorset Council with many areas of performance now labelled ...

The sight of a hot tub dumped at the side of a main road near a village by fly-tippers has "stunned" the chairman of a parish ...