TWO motorcyclists who died following crashes on Dorset's roads have been named by police.

Paul Rushton, 49, a married carpenter of Lichfield Road, Weymouth, died at the scene of a head-on crash near Queens Road, Chiswell, Portland, on Sunday, May 4.

Graham John Vickers, 48, of Charmouth, lost control of his Triumph vehicle and crashed into a roundabout on the A35 at Charmouth on April 27. He suffered head injuries and was taken to the intensive care unit at Southampton General Hospital, where he died four days later.

Police said inquests have been opened into the deaths of both men.