All news by author: Mike Taylor

Tommy Marshall, who is living at Pontins Brean Sands in Somerset while working on the Hinkley Point C project, has told how his kids love visiting him at the resort

Pontins Brean Sands, in Somerset, closed to the public earlier this year to make room for 900 workers on the Hinkley Point C project as EDF builds two new nuclear reactors in the area

Christine Woodey, from Bristol, died alone in February 2021 at Southmead Hospital and she had no known next of kin nor made a will - with an investigation identifying Sandra Vanstone in Canada

Emma Ayles' Caddy Shack, which is in Weymouth, Dorset, has been a big hit with customers and dog walkers but one neighbour appears to have destroyed her livelihood

The child family has described the incident as 'traumatic' and at one point the little girl had to be put in an induced coma as a judge slammed the hotel's safety standards

An inquest into the deaths of Sunnah Khan, 12, and Joe Abbess, 17, off Bournemouth beach in May reopened at Dorset Coroner's Court after months of 'complex' investigations

Kerry Edwards, from Walsall, said she had ordered a VR headset as a surprise birthday present for her son Robbie but when it arrived she was horrified to find it was box of cornflakes

Retired repairman Peter Wills entered his car registration number into a ticket payment machine and paid for an hour's parking - but was stunned to receive a £100 charge a week later

A large "seaweed" barrier has caused a rotten smell on Weymouth beach in Dorset and - with the council deciding not to move the unsightly algae - tourists are turning away

Dorset Police said 500 cars had been left parked in a field in Wytch Farm as residents awoke in the early hours to the thumping bass and pounding rhythms of the loud music

The River Lim, in Lyme Regis, was once a booming wildlife haven for countless species but has now been declared 'ecologically dead' with locals saying sewage leaks are responsible

Lee Craig McConnell had been involved in a row over parking with a neighbour when he gestured to his wife to come over to the bollard and had sex with her, the court heard