A river has recorded a "catastrophic" salmon count, hitting a record low for a second successive year, a charity has said.

THERE are concerns that salmon could be extinct from the River Frome in 30 years after record low numbers were counted for the second successive year ...

Conservationists are once again surveying salmon in a Dorset river as part of efforts to tackle a decline in the species. The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust tagged and weighed about 13,000 fish ...

A rural stretch of river could be drilled under to install a full fibre broadband service to the area nearby. Wessex Internet Ltd has submitted a planning application to drill horizontally under the ...

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A FLOOD warning has been issued for the River Frome, from East Stoke to Wareham. The Environment Agency (EA) warning means flooding is expected and immediate action is required. An EA spokesman said: ...

An Elizabethan bridge that features in Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles has partially collapsed and been washed away. Cracks began to appear on the Grade II* listed Wool Bridge, which ...

Rail replacement buses will take the place of trains in Dorset next week as Network Rail carries out essential upgrades.

THE driver of a motorboat seized after speeding dangerously on the tranquil River Frome has been ordered to undertake a boat handling course. An investigation was launched after the blue and white ...