14 February: Following the identification of cases in cattle in Dorset, the restricted zone was further extended ... BTV-3 cases for this season stands at 212 Bluetongue (BTV) affects sheep, cattle ...

Underground salt caverns, like this one in Northwich, have long been used to store natural gas in the UK A company has settled on Dorset for the site of the UK's second series of underground ...

People living in Dorset who have had a stroke within the last 10 years are being invited to take part in a "potentially ground-breaking" clinical trial. The trial is looking at how a specialised ...

A Dorset nature reserve is once again on primetime TV this week as Winterwatch returns to our screens from Tuesday. Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams will present the BBC show ...

The five-week-old puppies were taken from their mother in Shroton, near Blandford Forum, Dorset on 28 December at about 23:00 GMT. Three were located by the Dorset Police Rural Crime Team on New ...

An inventive Minecraft player creates new sheep variants, and the community is delighted with the idea of giving the mob new versions.

Few people have spent time gazing into a sheep’s eyes, but if you have, you may have noticed something very strange about their pupils. Instead of being round, as is the case with humans ...

A LUXURY beauty brand has officially opened its doors at the first location in Dorset. Rituals, a beauty and well-being brand, opened its latest store at Castlepoint shopping park on Thursday.

The booming solar industry has found an unlikely mascot in sheep as large-scale solar farms crop up across the US. In Milam County, outside Austin, SB Energy operates the fifth-largest solar ...

Boreraig was cleared of its residents in the 1850s by wealthy landowners to make way for sheep, a widespread process ... Often referred to as 'Dorset’s lost village', with its well-preserved ...

Police have been told not to use terms such as ‘black sheep’ and ‘blacklisted’ in case it causes offence. Bedfordshire Police and Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire constabularies have ...