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AN INITIATIVE to help keep people safe on a night out has returned following a winter break. The Weymouth Safe Space project, funded by Dorset Council, is based in St Mary's Church in Weymouth town ...
A FREE community picnic event will be taking place in Swanage this May. Taking place at Herston Community Fields and Village Hall in Jubilee Road, the event will see a variety of activities on offer.
A new Neighbourhood Plan for Melbury Abbas & Cann parish has been submitted for independent examination. Local residents, together with Melbury Abbas & Cann Parish Council, have worked together to ...
Five secret gardens in Dorset will soon be opening their gates allowing visitors to enjoy the flora and fauna of the spring and summer seasons. The National Garden Scheme gives unique access to more ...
US airstrikes targeting Yemen’s capital killed 12 people and wounded 30 others, the Houthi rebels said early Monday. The deaths mark the latest in America’s intensified campaign of strikes targeting ...
Medieval knights and stunt riders are set to thrill visitors at the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show. Taking place on Wednesday, August 13 and Thursday, August 14, the show will host one of the country ...
A ROAD in a Dorset village is to be closed for a day to allow road maintenance works to be carried out. Southbrook/Rye Hill in Bere Regis, the C6, will be shut on Wednesday, April 30 from 9am to 4pm.
CARS from a motor museum are set to be auctioned off for £700,000 to £900,000. This May, the contents of The Moretonhampstead Motor Museum in Devon are due to be auctioned. Dorset-based Charterhouse ...
A PROBTE and trustees notice has been published following the death of a man from Charmouth. It is for Richard Martin Johnstone of Barney's Close, Charmouth, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 6SE. He died on ...
The bank holiday weekend will end with cloud and rain for much of the UK, the Met Office has forecast. The weather service said that Monday would be “rather cloudy with rain continuing eastwards, ...
Despite the declaration of an Easter ceasefire on Saturday, Ukrainian forces have recorded 59 instances of Russian shelling.
WATERSPORT enthusiasts are being invited to take part in an open day at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.