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Sir David Attenborough at the Old Harry Rocks. Photo: BBC

Old Harry rocks near Swanage star in new Sir David Attenborough series Wild Isles

‘THE richness of the Purbeck landscape’ features at the heart of a new series – the last to be…

Dorset Bellringing for King Charles

Volunteer to help ring in coronation of King Charles III

THE chance to ring in a new monarch does not come up very often. But that is the opportunity for…

The two people they would like to trace in connection with the incident. Photo: Dorset Police

CCTV image released after Poole tanning salon burglary

POLICE would like to speak to these two people after a burglary at a premises in Poole. The incident happened…

76084 arrives on Swanage Railway at Norden, Friday 17 March 2023. Photo: Andrew PM Wright

King George VI funeral locomotive making its way to Swanage Railway gala

A HISTORIC locomotive that hauled the funeral train of King George VI is to star in the Swanage Railway’s…

Mowlem Theatre. Photo: The Mowlem

Film director Edgar Wright appointed patron of Mowlem Theatre in Swanage

FILM legend Edgar Wright has been named the first ever patron of the Mowlem Theatre charity. The director, screenwriter and…

Josh Saunders is running 14.2 miles from Sandbanks to Hengistbury Head to raise money for the Dorset Cancer Care Foundation

MMA fighter Josh goes the extra mile

STAFF at a multi-million pound development in Poole have been donating their time – and fast legs – to…

PHOTO: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay

Digital cold turkey could be a boon for family life

By Alice Johnsen. CAMILLA Tominey, a journalist you can take seriously, wrote recently about the week she took mobile phones…

Kiosk to come to Swanage Seafront

Kiosk plan for seafront

A POP-UP shop and booking office for a sea fishing firm could be installed on Swanage seafront. A planning application…

Swanage Railway

Wareham-Swanage rail trial rolls in

A NEW train service from the mainline at Wareham into the heart of the Isle of Purbeck is starting…

Rachel Newman, of Age UK’s North, South and West Dorset branch, and Swanage and Wareham RFC chair Martin Hill

Rugby club ‘just wants to help out’

A group for people living with dementia and their carers has been given a new lease of life –…