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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 –…

Swanage Jazz Festival headliner Claire Martin

Jazz festival sets out its stall

A RAFT of acts have been unveiled for the 32nd Swanage Jazz Festival. The event, featuring an extended Friday programme,…

Exciting young actors Effie Ansah and James Arden star in the stage version of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses

Teenage love in a divided world

THEATRE that may hold special appeal for younger audiences is coming to Lighthouse Poole with a production of Malorie…

The Magnets acapella group

All about the 80s

FAVOURITE anthems and songs from the 1980s are promised when a capella group The Magnets visit Lighthouse Poole. The band…

Gardening Sue and Rusty the Robin

Nature on your doorstep!

By Sue Butterworth GouldsGC.co.uk We are all encouraged to do our little bit for the environment and help wildlife to…

Cyclist with road rage

Drivers and cyclists: Aggression on the roads

AGGRESSION from both motorists and cyclists is potentially putting lives on Britain’s roads at risk, according to research conducted…