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A host of events are on offer at the Museum of East Dorset this Christmas

Feast of festive events at the Museum of East Dorset

A JAM-PACKED schedule of events is promising a Christmas full of sparkle at the Museum of East Dorset. On November…

The Bridge Street entrance to the car park in Frome will be closed for the next few days. Picture: Google

Entrance to Frome car park closed for four days

THE main entrance to a Frome car park is set to be closed for four days while “improvement works”…

The man, in his 20s, was found beside the Stafford bypass, near Dorchester

Man in his 20s found beside Dorchester road with “serious” injuries

A MAN was found with serious injuries beside a major Dorset road on Sunday morning (October 29). Police are investigating…

LS Flooring, left, and the Parachute Tap Room & Bar were among companies hit by the flooding in Sherborne

Sherborne business “ruined in an afternoon” after being hit by floods

THE owner of a Sherborne business says two decades of work was “ruined in an afternoon” after floods hit…

Mya James addressing TEDx in 2022

Budding young Dorset eco campaigners sought for talk in Shaftesbury

BUDDING young environmental activists are being encouraged to have their say in a bid to wake up big business…

Thousands of pensioners in Somerset are living in fuel poverty, according to the SCF

Can you help Somerset pensioners facing fuel poverty this winter?

AN estimated 10,000 Somerset pensioners are living in fuel poverty – as an annual fundraising appeal is launched to…

The crash happened on the A354 Monkton Hill in Dorchester on Friday morning

Woman suffers life-threatening injuries in Dorchester crash

A WOMAN suffered ‘life-threatening’ injuries and remains in hospital after a crash in Dorchester. The incident, on the A354 Monkton…

A host of festive feasts will be on offer at the Athelhampton House Food & Drink Christmas Fair

Festive food to tickle tastebuds at Athelhampton House Christmas Fair

FESTIVE flavours will be the order of the day at an event next month. On Saturday and Sunday, November 25…

Be careful which medicines you take before getting the wheel, the RAC has warned

Drivers warned over every-day medicines that could see them fined £1,000

AS the winter draws in and we all suffer from sniffs, sneezes and other ailments, drivers are being warned…

Thousands of cards were delivered by volunteers across Dorset - and beyond

Rising costs see popular charity Christmas card delivery service cancelled for 2024

A POPULAR charity Christmas card delivery scheme has stopped ahead of this year’s festive fun. The Dorset Scouts’ volunteer-run Christmas…