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TWENTY new jobs will be created as discount supermarket chain Aldi is set to open a new store in Poole.

WHILE residents were asked to stay at home for several months of last year, more than 30,000 speeding offences were still recorded on Dorset's roads in 2020. The annual figure was significantly down on previous years, but many motorists were still guilty of one of Dorset Police's 'fatal five' – the five most dangerous behaviours for those in charge of a vehicle – and some by staggering margins. A Dorset Police inspector said driving at excessive speeds is a factor in many crashes officers attend. Last year, the fastest speed recorded in a 60mph zone was 108mph, involving a Mercede...

WHILE residents were asked to stay at home for several months of last year, more than 30,000 speeding offences were still recorded on Dorset's roads in 2020. The annual figure was significantly down on previous years, but many motorists were still guilty of one of Dorset Police's 'fatal five' – the five most dangerous behaviours for those in charge of a vehicle – and some by staggering margins. A Dorset Police inspector said driving at excessive speeds is a factor in many crashes officers attend. Last year, the driver of a Vauxhall Vectra was clocked doing 80mph in a 30mph section...

Andrew Scholes, left, Constantin Luci Dobra, centre, and Reece Beasley, right, are three of the motorists caught drink driving in December 2020 A NUMBER of motorists caught drink driving during Dorset Police’s winter crackdown have been dealt with by the courts in recent weeks. Throughout the month of December 2020, the force ran a campaign across the county’s roads in an effort to stamp out offenders driving while under the influence of alcohol or illicit substances. Drink driving and drug driving are seen as one of the factors that make up Dorset Police’s ‘fatal five’ – th...