Migrants began crossing the English Channel on Saturday after the longest pause in small boat arrivals in the UK in seven years. Before the weekend, no vessels had reached the English coast for 28 ...

In Ukraine, Russia launched overnight drone and missile strikes on five Ukrainian regions, targeting energy and port infrastructure.

Lucy Powell’s intervention comes after weeks dominated by speculation about a challenge to the Prime Minister’s leadership.

AN 86-year-old man from Bridport has been jailed for sexually assaulting two children. John Knowles, of Broadoak, has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after appearing at Norwich Crown ...

The doctors’ union claimed the Health Secretary had acted in a ‘cruel and calculated’ way and described the Government’s offer as ‘poor.’ ...

England are facing a spin dilemma in their bid to keep the Ashes alive in Adelaide, with Shoaib Bashir under the microscope. At 2-0 down in the five-match series, England are already in must-win ...

The Good Shepherd fresco depicts a youthful, clean-shaven Jesus dressed in a toga and carrying a goat across his shoulders.

Aldi has cut the price of one of its best-loved wines to under £5 and experts are advising shoppers to "nab one" before it's all gone.

People in offices and schools across Dorset donned their best festive knitwear for Christmas Jumper Day 2025. There's more to Christmas Jumper Day than wearing a silly jumper. Donations from those ...

The ancestor of today’s great white shark was thought to be about eight metres long, the authors of a paper published in Communications ...

Did you know that several high-profile celebrities were born on Christmas Day?

These photos show some weird and extreme weather in Dorset. They were shared with the Echo back in 2017 by Jane Dicken, of Southill, Weymouth, who was having a clear out and came across a treasure ...