A ROAD in a Dorset town is to be temporarily closed for the upgrading of a gas main. Clarence Road in Dorchester will close for a week to allow SGN to carry out essential works. It will be shut from ...

Larmer Tree Gardens is set to host a day of outdoor cinema this weekend. Visitors can enjoy screenings of two popular films, The Greatest Showman and Top Gun: Maverick , in the picturesque setting of ...

Sir Keir Starmer has had a rocky start in his first year as Prime Minister and faces plummeting polls for Labour and struggles inside his party as he enters the second stage of his plans for a “decade ...

Four Weymouth students have earned national recognition for their creative writing talents. Skye Threadgold, Faith Barrett, Ellie May-Newton and Lois Fisher from All Saints Academy were honoured in ...

Railway Ramblers explored Dorset’s historic clay mining tramways from Corfe Castle to Poole Harbour, including a tour of Purbeck Mining ...

Entries are now open for the 2026 National Fish & Chip Awards, now in their 38th year and organised by the National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF). The competition is open to more than 10,000 fish ...

Blandford Grange Nursing Home contributed to the community-funded catering effort that kept the volunteers and crew at Dorset's Teddy Rocks Festival well-fed throughout the three-day event in May.

Shillingstone Station has celebrated a significant milestone with the completion of a 400-metre rail extension.

Europe sizzled in its first major heatwave of the summer on Tuesday, as Barcelona recorded its hottest June in more than a ...