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Lyme Regis Nursing Home, in Pound Lane, could become a hotel if plans are approved. Picture: Google

Care home could be set for hotel conversion if plans are approved

A DORSET care home could be set to be converted into a hotel. A planning application has been submitted to…

Cancare founders Vicki Fooks and Gill Norman with Chris Le Fevre

Swanage and Purbeck Rotary club thanks supporters

MEMBERS of the Swanage and Purbeck Rotary Club turned out in force for an annual event celebrating the year’s…

The Mary Anning stamp collection. Picture: Royal Mail

Mary Anning’s Dorset discoveries honoured on new stamps

DORSET’S iconic palaeontologist – Mary Anning – is being honoured in a new collection of stamps. The Royal Mail has…

Hazel Hoskin presents a cheque for £15,400 to the Special Care Baby Unit at DCH

Sunflower trail raised more than £15,000 for baby unit at DCH

SUNFLOWERS helped raise more than £15,000 to help Dorset County Hospital’s (DCH) Special Care Baby Unit. Each year, Maiden…

Firefighters assisted the Coastguard in the rescue at Dancing Ledge, near Swanage. Pictures: DWFRS

Walker rescued after being stranded on coast near Swanage

A WALKER who suffered a suspected broken ankle and was left stranded on the Dorset coast near Swanage was…

The Hendover Cafe in Dorchester has closed. Picture: Google

Popular Hendover Cafe in Dorchester closes

A POPULAR Dorchester cafe has closed as it is “no longer viable”. Owner Paul Collins has announced the Hendover Cafe,…

The plans would see retail premises at 80 The Esplanade converted back into a residential property. Pictures: Google/Boldhabit Ltd/Dorset Council

Former seafront Weymouth shop could be turned back into a home

A SEAFRONT Weymouth building – formerly home to a convenience store – could be converted back into a home,…

The safe was discovered during the arrest in connection with burglaries in Swanage, Dorchester and Weymouth. Picture: Dorset Police

Safe recovered in probe into Swanage burglary

POLICE are keen to trace the owner of this safe – recovered during a probe into commercial burglaries in…

The Body Shop, in the Poole's Dolphin Centre, is set to stay open

Poole Body Shop branch to stay open: Full list

THE Body Shop in Poole is set to stay open – weeks after the company collapsed into administration. The Dolphin…

Police are keen to trace this person in connection with a theft from a car in Poole. Picture: Dorset Police

CCTV appeal after clothing and bags worth £3,000 stolen from car

CLOTHING and bags worth around £3,000 were stolen from a car parked in a Poole street. The theft occurred some…