Protest plans as Portland incinerator cleared to burn 67 more waste types
Stop Portland Incinerator Campaign (SPIC) is planning a mass, family-friendly pre-Christmas action on Saturday, December 5, after the Environment Agency approved 67 more
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Dorset County Show move fuels fears Norchester homes a done deal
A campaigner claims a controversial planning application has already been decided after Dorset County Show announced it is moving sites. Organisers say they
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Chris Jury: Lovejoy star who began acting at 14 on Dorset’s wonderful wildlife
Actor, writer and director Christopher Byram Jury has spent a lifetime in front of and behind the camera. Best known as teenage assistant
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Halloween in Weymouth: trails, parades and family fun
Halloween in Weymouth is under way, with a week of trails, parades and family fun taking over the town until November 1. A
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Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman knight who became a Dorset lord
People lucky enough to have tickets to marvel at the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum will see a Norman knight who held
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Plashy Fen by Maddie Grigg: cosy Dorset mystery built on 45 years of village life
A new novel by former newspaper editor Margery Hookings was launched at Washingpool Farm Shop on Saturday, October 10. Plashy Fen by Maddie
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Dorchester studio Olive & Wilde celebrates 1 year with vibrant debut art show
A year after opening in South Street, Dorchester, Olive & Wilde Studios is about to become a gallery for the first time. When
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Never too old: 11 remarkable Dorset people working past retirement age
There must be something in the water in West Dorset – there’s a mighty army of OAPs who keep on working and refuse
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Anzac soldiers who married Weymouth girls: help find lost WW1 love stories
A military researcher wants to hear from readers of The West Dorset Magazine if they have an Anzac soldier in their family tree,
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Can the 1930s Riviera Hotel Weymouth be saved? New campaign group calls for action
A campaign has been launched to save Weymouth’s landmark Riviera Hotel, after a couple who married there grew increasingly concerned about its future.