November 17, 2025
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Landmark in Bridport rises from the ashes after major blaze

Like a phoenix from the flames, Bridport’s Edwards Tower building is set to reopen to tenants following more than £1million worth of repairs.

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Tractor Trundle in memory of founding member boosts Air Ambulance coffers

It was a packed meeting at West Dorset Vintage Tractor and Stationary Engine Club at The Colliton Club, where two cheques totalling £2,611.66

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Lyme is brimming with excitement for Easter weekend

Lyme Regis is gearing up for a vibrant and colourful Easter weekend featuring its famous bonnet parade and a friendly duck race. Townsfolk

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Fears farming land will be lost under 1,300-acre solar farm plan for Chickerell

Controversial plans to build a 1,300-acre solar farm and battery storage site in Chickerell have been criticised by local people as bad for

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Fossil hunter waits five years for his Jurassic giant clam

Patience paid off for fossil hunter Richard Edmonds, who had to wait five years to get his hands on this Jurassic era giant

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County culture with whistles and bells is a perfect fit for the WDM!

Cancer Research UK had a welcome cash boost thanks to the Wessex Morris Men, who danced their way in Dorchester to raise £226.75

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A decade long labour of love for the Tolpuddle Old Chapel renovation

After almost a decade of planning and fundraising, including 15 months of painstaking renovation works, Tolpuddle Old Chapel – where the famous martyr

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Damers Blinds’ history spotted all over Weymouth

Damers Blinds has been making quality, made-to-measure blinds, awnings, canopies and materials in Weymouth since 1884. Potter along the Weymouth seafront and the

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Cash boost for Coast Watch thanks to Crossways Travel

Local travel company Crossways Travel donated £981 to their 2022 Charity Of The Year, Portland Coast Watch. The organisation was established in 1997

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Lively Middlemarsh landlord doubles his fundraising target for Parkinson’s UK

‘The larger than life’ landlord of the Hunter’s Moon pub in Middlemarsh near Sherborne has raised £10,300 for Parkinson’s UK by taking on

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