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Schools and other groups can take part in Plant Your Pants. Picture: The Countryside Trust

Plant Your Pants this spring – to see what’s going on ‘down there’!

PEOPLE in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire are being urged to plant their pants – yes, pants – this spring,…

Winners of the Poole Canoe Club 2023 Photographic Competition have been announced

Pictures: Winners of Poole Canoe Club 2023 Photographic Competition revealed

PHOTOGRAPHS by Dorset canoeists have been judged as part of an annual competition. The Poole Harbour Canoe Club has announced…

More than 400 people turned out to in-person consultation events over Swanage seafront. Picture: Dorset Coast Forum

Swanage backs ‘enhanced’ seafront plans – and retention of events field

PEOPLE are backing plans to secure Swanage seafront – and want to keep an events field as part of…

Volunteers at the Kimmeridge Wild Seas Centre. Picture: Phil Abraham/Dorset Wildlife Trust

Dorset Wildlife Trust looking for Purbeck volunteers

NATURE-minded people are being urged to volunteer for a Dorset charity. The Dorset Wildlife Trust is appealing for people aged…

Weldmar Hospicecare has launched the 2023 Christmas Treecycle campaign

Xmas tree collections in Weymouth, Dorchester and beyond will boost hospice charity

HOUSEHOLDS can book in a collection for their real Christmas tree – and help a county charity. As decorations start…

Charmouth Beach tops the Lonely Planet list of best beaches to visit in winter

Dorset spot tops Lonely Planet list of best beaches in the world for winter

A SPOT on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast has topped a list of the world’s best beaches to visit in winter. Travel…

Dogs are banned from certain beaches in Dorset

New rules on dogs on Dorset beaches and in public spaces approved

NEW rules on dogs in Dorset’s public spaces are set to be confirmed. The 2024 dog-related Public Spaces Protection Order…

A suspected Iguanodon footprint has been found at Brownsea Castle. Pictures: Iain A Wanless/Natural History Museum

Jogger finds dinosaur footprint hidden for 100 million years

A DINOSAUR footprint – hidden for between 110 and 140 million years – has been found after a ranger…

Members of the Upton in Bloom committee at the RHS awards ceremony in Wisley in September

Purbeck town wins blooming big at horticulture awards

A PURBECK town is celebrating after a blooming marvellous result at an annual awards. Upton In Bloom, which plants and…

Artful Ranger Mark Newton working on the mural at Corfe Castle. Picture: National Trust/Mark Newton

Purbeck’s ‘Artful Ranger’ creates new Corfe Castle mural

PURBECK’S ‘Artful Ranger’ painted for more than 100 hours to create a new mural at the Corfe Castle ticket…