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Liz Hutchings from Poole, will walk 44 miles in the Braver Together Community Challenge this September to support RMA – The Royal Marines Charity.

Parents in the South West urged to vaccinate children at the right time to protect them and ensure they are ready to thrive at school

Organisations involved in response to Picket Post heathland fire working on longer-term recovery of New Forest impacted areas, businesses and communities

Brownsea Island announces free community open day

Breakthrough comedian Laura Newman s bringing her highly anticipated debut show, ‘Ark At She’, to The Barn in Ringwood on November 20.

A woman says she was served raw chicken in a burger from a Bournemouth takeaway before becoming sick just hours later.

A church organist in Dorset has been playing at the same church on the same instrument every week for more than 70 years.

Vue Poole will offer £4 cinema tickets as part of National Cinema Weekend, taking place on Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6

New pictures show the aftermath of a landslide on the Dorset coast. St Alban's Coastguard Recue Team went to check out the area and took pictures.

A bar which was refused a premises licence has closed – and is likely to remain closed.

Parnham Restaurant in Beaminster earned praise from Bite Twice Reviews for its outstanding Sunday roast

Tom Hayes: For far too long, cash-strapped councils have failed to repair broken play equipment while valuable green spaces have been sold off for development.

A bar which was refused a premises licence has closed – and is likely to remain closed.

New pictures show the aftermath of a landslide on the Dorset coast. St Alban's Coastguard Recue Team went to check out the area and took pictures.

A speechwriter is launching a pair of thought-provoking political events set to go ahead in Bournemouth.

A night of high-flying action, larger-than-life personalities and body slams is coming to the south coast.

Liz Hutchings from Poole, will walk 44 miles in the Braver Together Community Challenge this September to support RMA – The Royal Marines Charity.

Parents in the South West urged to vaccinate children at the right time to protect them and ensure they are ready to thrive at school

A church organist in Dorset has been playing at the same church on the same instrument every week for more than 70 years.

Vue Poole will offer £4 cinema tickets as part of National Cinema Weekend, taking place on Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6

Purbeck Cider launches People’s Choice cider in Dorset, donating £1 per litre sold to Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. Community-grown apples support charity.

Plans for a new 'build your own' waterfront home with panoramic views have been approved for a site in Dorset

Dorset is the location for Mike Leigh's Play For Today, Nuts in May, which is free to watch on BBC iPlayer

A YouTube video provides an insightful look at Brownsea Island in 1962.

Only Fools and Horses repeats are as popular as ever this Christmas - but did you know that the classic BBC comedy was not once, but twice filmed in Dorset?

Sandbanks Ferry staff were 'verbally abused' by passengers during a temporary suspension.

Hundreds of jobs are to be created at a holiday park as part of a major nationwide investment.

SHOULD there be a tourist tax in Purbeck – the “Purbeck Pound”?