A man seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Christchurch has very sadly died. Dorset Police received a report at 8.43am on Wednesday 3 December 2025 of a collision involving a bus and a pedestrian in Somerford Road. The pedestrian – a man aged ...
Release date: 08/12/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward following a fail-to-stop road traffic collision in Bournemouth. It was reported that at around 8.40pm on Friday 5 December 2025 a car – believed to be a black Vol...
Release date: 08/12/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward following a fatal road traffic collision in East Dorset. Dorset Police receive a report at 9.53pm on Sunday 7 December 2025 of a collision that was believed to in...
Release date: 08/12/2025
Officers investigating a report of assault where a man sustained serious injuries in Weymouth are appealing for information – with two men charged in connection with the incident. Dorset Police received a report that at 9.42pm on Wednesday 3 December 2025...
Release date: 05/12/2025
Officers investigating a suspicious incident in Wool are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. It is reported that at around 3.30pm on Thursday 27 November 2025, two boys were walking along Dorchester Road near the junction w...
Release date: 05/12/2025
A woman who deliberately drove her car into a motorcyclist in Bournemouth has been found guilty of murder. Zoe Treadwell, aged 36 and of Bournemouth, has been found guilty of murdering 28-year-old Joey Johnstone in April 2025. Treadwell has also been foun...
Release date: 04/12/2025
A former Dorset Police officer, who identified himself as a police officer at nightclubs, produced his warrant card and was overbearing and argumentative to door staff while drunk and off duty, has been determined to have committed gross misconduct. Follo...
Release date: 04/12/2025
The family of a boy who sadly died in a fatal road traffic collision in Poole have paid tribute to their loved one. Dorset Police received a report at 5pm on Friday 28 November 2025 of a two-vehicle collision involving a DAF truck and a silver motorcycle ...
Release date: 04/12/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or dashcam footage following a serious injury collision in Bournemouth. At around 10.10am on Wednesday 3 December 2025, a collision occurred on Bath Hill involving a blue Peugeot 308 and a bicycle. The cyclist – a loca...
Release date: 04/12/2025
More than a hundred people have been arrested across the South West after police forces came together to target illegal drugs and child criminal exploitation (CCE). Operation Scorpion is a collaboration between the South West’s five police forces (Avon an...
Release date: 03/12/2025
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