Theatres that aren't in tier three are planning to put on socially-distanced performances.

A panel concluded Liam Walker breached Oxfordshire County Council's code of conduct.

Members of the public are urged to avoid contact with sick or dead birds.

The Paddocks in Bampton is in breach of planning regulations and is also a risk to children.

Judges reject an application by the attorney general to increase his killers' "lenient" sentences.

An elderly woman has lost thousands of pounds to "heartless scammers" in a con being linked to several others in Dorset.

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The victim, from Sherborne, withdrew a total of £4,000 and handed it to fake couriers in Lenthay Road on 7 and 8 December.

She had been called several times by bogus police officers who told her the serial numbers on the notes were fraudulent.

She could have lost more but the bank raised concerns and stopped one transaction, and also contacted genuine officers who spoke to her, Dorset Police said.

On 9 December, a man and a woman living in Bridport, lost £10,700 in two separate similar scams, while on Thursday a couple in their 70s lost £6,000.

Det Con Holly Spillman said: “This victim was repeatedly targeted by these heartless scammers, she lost a significant amount of money and it could have been even more.

“We would like to remind everyone that neither police officers or your bank will ask you to withdraw money to be collected. They will also not ask for your PIN number."

Twenty-five electric scooters will be available to hire for use on public roads and cycle paths.

The Sailors' Society has been doing shopping for staff looking after the mothballed cruise ships.

A community choir from Dorset landed on the iTunes chart with their "Covid-secure" charity single.

Sean Woodward cites "personal reasons and pressures of work" for leaving his role in Hampshire.

Senior officers bear a "heavy responsibility" for their team's offensive behaviour, a panel hears.

Slough is currently in tier 3 - England's highest level of Covid-19 restrictions.

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Harvey Amey is jailed after admitting causing a fatal four-vehicle crash in Dorset.

A major cycle route in the city will see path widening and new lighting and signage.

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Nirmal Singh says he wants his community to learn from his family's experience with the disease.

The Bishop of Portsmouth has announced he will retire after 10 years.

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Rt Rev Christopher Foster, 67, had delayed his resignation due to the coronavirus pandemic.

He was ordained in 1980 and has also worked in Wolverhampton, Oxford, London, and Hertford and St Albans in Hertfordshire.

He became the ninth Bishop of Portsmouth in September 2010.

Each year he has launched a Lent appeal which has raised tens of thousands of pounds for charities involved in combatting food poverty, homelessness, debt and other issues, the Diocese of Portsmouth said.

From March to July he live-streamed Sunday worship from his home in Fareham while parishes across the diocese were unable to hold services in church because of Covid-19.

They were hit by a car in an area of the New Forest where animals roam freely on the open heath.

Ewen Lever, from Swindon, died in the crash on the A361 near Burford on Wednesday.