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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…

Beryl bikes can now be hired in Corfe Mullen and Upton

Dorset’s Beryl bike hire scheme launched in Corfe Mullen and Upton

PEDDLE power is now available to rent in Corfe Mullen and Upton to help residents and visitors get around. People…

From left: Quentin Royles (head chef at the Thomas Tripp and Bodega), Dave Burns and Jason Giddings

Tasty tunes and a delicious dish raising money for Christchurch hospice

TASTY tunes and a delicious dish will raise money for a hospice charity. And the owners of three Christchurch venues…

The cloth, made by a descendant of John Adams, is going under the hammer in Dorchester. Picture: Duke's auction house

Mutiny on the Bounty: Item made by John Adams’ descendant up at Dorset auction

AN item from Pitcairn Island – settled by mutineers from HMS Bounty and made by one of their descendants…

Dorset Police's new deputy chief constable, Rachel Farrell. Picture: Dorset Police

New deputy chief constable Rachel Farrell appointed at Dorset Police

RACHEL Farrell has been selected as a permanent deputy chief constable at Dorset Police. She was selected after a recruitment…

Police officers in Dorset will be using handheld metal detectors to crackdown on knife crime. Picture: Dorset Police

Police officers in Dorset set to use handheld metal detectors in knife crackdown

POLICE officers in Dorset are being issued with metal detectors in a bid to clampdown on knives and others…

The weather warning is in place between 5am and noon on Tuesday. Pictures: Met Office/Pixabay

Weather warning for Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire as thunderstorm approaches

THUNDERSTORMS and heavy rain are set to hit the south west – including Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset – on…

Carers leads and GP practice representatives who were recognised at the event pictured alongside carer Christine Carter, and Harriet Stevens, BCFC project lead and carers engagement facilitator

Mid-Dorset GP practices honoured for work with unpaid carer patients

GP practices across mid-Dorset have been honoured for work to support patients who are unpaid carers. Nine surgeries have been…

The Rex Cinema will celebrate the work of Mary Pickford, inset, during the Silent Film Weekend. Pictures: The Rex/Mary Pickford Foundation

The Rex cinema in Wareham to mark 100 years of screenings at Silent Film Weekend

DORSET’S oldest cinema is gearing up to celebrate silent film by showing a series of films – 100 years…

The letters tell the heartbreaking story of gunner, Alan 'Jim' Harris during the Second World War

“Keep your chin up and don’t fear for me”: Heartbreaking letters of WWII gunner revealed

A COLLECTION of heartbreaking letters written by a young tank gunner as he fought in the Second World War…