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  • Appeal for witnesses following medical incident near Bournemouth Airport

     09 January 2019
    Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a cyclist sadly died following a suspected medical episode near Bournemouth Airport. At 4.48pm yesterday, Tuesday 8 January 2019, emergency services were called to a report of a cyclist who suffe...

  • Update - Investigation underway following incident in Poole

     13 July 2018
    A woman who was in a critical condition in hospital has sadly died. At 11.14am on Wednesday 11 July 2018 Dorset Police received a report from a hospital that they were concerned for the welfare of a female patient in her 40s, who had been transferred to ...

  • Appeal for information after fatal powerboat collision in West Bay

     26 June 2018
    Detectives investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal powerboat collision on behalf of the coroner are appealing for witnesses or anyone with video footage to come forward. Dorset Police was called at 3.13pm on Sunday 24 June 2018 to reports tha...

  • Family pays tribute to man who died in tragic incident in Weymouth

     19 April 2018
    The family of a man who sadly died in an incident at Nothe Parade in Weymouth have issued a tribute. At 12.43pm on Monday 16 April 2018 Dorset Police was informed by the ambulance service of an incident at the Nothe Steps. It was reported that a boat had...

  • Appeal for witnesses after incident at Durdle Door

    18 April 2018
    Officers investigating an incident where a girl tragically died after being recovered from the water at Durdle Door are appealing for witnesses to come forward. At around 11.30am today, Wednesday 18 April 2018, HM Coastguard received reports of a child a...

  • Sudden death of man in Poole – witness appeal

     11 April 2018
    Officers investigating the sudden death of a man on behalf of the coroner are appealing for a potential witness to come forward. At around 10pm on Wednesday 21 February 2018 Dorset Police received a call from Poole Hospital reporting that a man had been ...

  • Update – CCTV witness appeal after death of man in Poole

     08 January 2018
    A man has come forward following an appeal for a potential witness in relation to an investigation into a man’s death in Poole. Dorset Police received a call at 2.53pm on Tuesday 26 December 2017 by the ambulance service to reports of a concern for...

  • Investigation underway following death of woman at Bestival

     11 September 2017
    An investigation is underway following the death of a woman at Bestival. Officers at the event were alerted just before 1am today, Monday 11 September 2017, to reports of a concern for welfare of a 25-year-old woman from London who had attended the festi...

  • Death of man off Portland - update

     11 September 2017
    Detectives investigating the death of a man who was pulled from the sea off Portland have issued an update. At 12.45pm yesterday, Sunday 10 September 2017, Dorset Police was contacted by HM Coastguard following reports that they had rescued a man from th...

  • Investigation into death of woman in Bournemouth

     30 May 2017
    Dorset Police is investigating the death of a woman in Bournemouth. Police were called to a house along Northey Road in Bournemouth at 10.18pm on Friday 26 May 2017 following reports that a woman was found unresponsive in a garden pond. Officers and par...
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