Minister for Local Government, Kerry Vincent, has today released the Board of Inquiry Report into the operations of Dorset Council in full and has issued a series of Ministerial Directions to the ...

A Dorset nature reserve is once again on primetime TV this week as Winterwatch returns to our screens from Tuesday. Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams will present the BBC show ...

Doc Martin star Martin Clunes has attempted to lead a peaceful life away from the big screen on his picturesque 130-acre farm near Beaminster, Dorset. According to Rightmove, house prices in ...

The Range has confirmed it has taken on the unit in Stour Park and that the new store will open on January 31 at 9am. It will feature the usual items sold by The Range, but as part of the new ...

Dorset has got amazing and award-winning restaurants, specialising in a wide range of different cuisines. Here is a list of all the places you should try in 2025. These restaurants in the Weymouth ...

The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the first line of defense against polio during the epidemics that occurred between 1948 to 1955. The device saved the lives of ...

Theatre, comedy, quirky events and unsung attractions: here are the best things to do in Dorset in 2025. As we continue trudging through January, a month that, to many, feels like the longest of ...

Last spring, when the sculpture — briefly titled “Steel Horse” and then “Pegasus” by the artist, but popularly known as Iron Horse — was extricated from a concrete pad in a cornfield ...

Musician and poet Polly Harvey - known as PJ Harvey - has said she feels "honoured and very grateful" to have won an award for her contribution to music in her native Dorset. The Original Music ...

Geneticist Lara Cassidy wasn't surprised to find several generations of the same family buried in an Iron Age cemetery near Dorset, England. But she was quite surprised to find most of them were ...

MILLIONS of snowdrops are beginning to bloom at the National Trust’s Kingston Lacy in Dorset. The extensive grounds at Kingston Lacy showcase more than 40 varieties of snowdrop, with carpets of ...