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Lottery winner Jackie Shanahan with staff nurse Hannah Quick

Lucky numbers: Lottery comes up for Jackie!

LUCKY Jackie Shanahan couldn’t believe her good fortune when she was told she’d won £25,000 in Lewis-Manning…

The Muddlecombe Men at Wareham Folk Harvest

Folk Harvest in Wareham helps local charity

THE Wareham Folk Harvest at the Kings Arms attracted performers from across the south of England and…

Sculpture by the Lakes, near Dorchester

Sculpture by the Lakes’ Morocco earthquake fundraiser

FUNDS to support the return to education for students left homeless after the devastating earthquake in Morocco…

The Princess Royal at Livability Millie College in Holton Lee, Poole

College welcomes Royal visitor on first anniversary

LIVABILITY Millie College in Holton Lee, Poole, welcomed a Royal visitor as it celebrated its first anniversary…

Andy Munn, from Swanage, took to the skies as he embarks on his bucketlist

Spitfire flight topped bucketlist after MND diagnosis for Swanage man

A DEVASTATING diagnosis has prompted one Swanage man to pursue his dream of taking to the skies. In January, Andy…

Shine 21's trip to Legoland

Meet the Down Syndrome support group for parents & children in Dorset

SHINE 21 Dorset is a buddy support group for children and young people with Down Syndrome, and…

Sam Reid, Home Manager of The Aldbury, presents the Golden Cup Cake prize to winner and Housekeeping colleague Michael Sheppard. With them are, from second left: colleagues Merle Foster, Kanya Brannon, Janette Burgess and Nimpha Salmon

PICTURES: Care homes host Macmillan Coffee Mornings – with Willy Wonka twist

CHARITY coffee mornings at Dorset care homes featured a Willy Wonka-style twist. Events hosted at Colten Care homes in Poole…

The T3 563 team and Anthony Coulls, senior curator of Rail Transport and Technology at the National Railway Museum | Credit: Andre PM Wright

Full steam ahead: Victorian loco gets on track in Swanage

CHURCH bells rang out in Swanage when a unique Victorian steam locomotive hauled its first passenger train…

New ticket sales record set by Swanage School for Matilda the Musical

The SWANAGE School set a new school record when they sold 500 tickets for their upcoming production…

Partners at Ellis Jones Solicitors have been rated highly in the Legal 500 guide

Dorset lawyers named among the best in legal ‘bible’

A DORSET-based law firm has been named among the elite in the legal profession’s ‘bible’. Ellis Jones Solicitors, which has…