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On 7 April 2021, 83-year-old Sir Richard Sutton was killed by his step-son, 35-year-old Thomas Schreiber. Sutton was stabbed several times by Schreiber in his home on his Moorhill estate in Higher Langham, near Gillingham, Dorset. During the attack on Sutton, Schreiber also attacked his mother, Anne Schreiber, stabbing her several times.
Marindin joined the Royal Engineers as an Ensign on 28 December 1854 and saw active service in the Crimean War (1855–56). He was a member of the Board of Trade Railway Inspectorate, an occupation he continued after he left the Corps.
Rodney Frank Legg (18 April 1947 – 22 July 2011) was a campaigner, author and publisher, known for being chairman of the Open Spaces Society and for publishing numerous works on the history and landscape of Dorset, England.
Since 1932, the newspaper has been based out of the Bournemouth Daily Echo building in the Richmond Hill area of Bournemouth Town Centre. [4] In October 2006, the EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards awarded The Daily Echo the title of Daily Newspaper of the Year. In the same competition, the paper also won Columnist of the Year ...
The Dorset Echo is a daily newspaper published in the county of Dorset, England. The title publishes Monday to Saturday from editorial offices in Weymouth, and covers issues concerning south, central and west Dorset. The Dorset Echo is a sister paper to the Bournemouth based Daily Echo and is owned by the Newsquest Media Group.
Martyn Underhill MBE is a British independent politician and former police officer who served as the Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2021.. He was a Detective Chief Inspector in Sussex Police, [1] who retired in 2009 after 30 years of service.
Dorset Fire and Rescue Service: R: 16 October 1987: Gregory and his colleague Graham White were killed instantly when a tree fell on the front of the cab of their fire appliance, whilst driving between incidents on the night of the 1987 Great Storm [52] [53] Stephen Griffin: 42: Gwent Fire Service: R: 1 February 1996
Weymouth and Portland was a local government district with borough status in Dorset, England from 1974 to 2019. It consisted of the resort of Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, and includes the areas of Wyke Regis, Preston, Melcombe Regis, Upwey, Broadwey, Southill, Nottington, Westham, Radipole, Chiswell, Castletown, Fortuneswell, Weston, Southwell and Easton; the latter six being on the Isle ...