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Etienne Stott of the Stop Portland Incinerator Campaign speaks into a microphone at a Portland incinerator protest, with a banner and placard behind him
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Protest plans as Portland incinerator cleared to burn 67 more waste types

Masterplan for the North Dorchester Garden Community (‘Norchester’) showing proposed housing, schools and parkland between Charminster, Dorchester and Stinsford, with Pigeon House Farm, the new home of Dorset County Show, to the north beyond the development area.
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Dorset County Show move fuels fears Norchester homes a done deal

Black and white photo of four pantomime horses lining up at the start of the Piddletrenthide Pantomime Horse Racing at The Manor House, as a race official holding a white flag directs them and villagers look on beside the Tote tent.
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Hilarious Piddletrenthide pantomime horse racing draws 350 spectators

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MPs call for answers over sudden closure of private school

Four children in Halloween costumes including witch dresses, a pumpkin outfit and a skeleton top, celebrating Halloween in Weymouth
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Halloween in Weymouth: trails, parades and family fun

Bob Holman, 82, of West Dorset Magazine, working past retirement age, smiles at his desk holding a copy of the magazine and its 2026 media pack.
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Never too old: 11 remarkable Dorset people working past retirement age

Anzac soldiers who married Weymouth girls: A photo that came forward after Charlie Owen's appeal for information about Weymouth Anzac soldiers: Percy Hatfield and Winifred Goff on their big day in 1919
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Anzac soldiers who married Weymouth girls: help find lost WW1 love stories

Vintage postcard of the Riviera Hotel Weymouth during its Pontins era, showing the curved white arched façade with blue trim, holidaymakers on the lawns and paths, and a woman posing on a balcony overlooking the sea, with the caption “Greetings from Pontin’s Riviera at Weymouth
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Can the 1930s Riviera Hotel Weymouth be saved? New campaign group calls for action

Weymouth man carries postbox 650 miles for Head Outside charity: Stu Skinner MBE smiles beside a waterfall with the red postbox strapped to his backpack
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Weymouth man carries postbox on epic 650-mile walk to fight loneliness

Two smiling members of staff at Teals Farm Shop, wearing teal aprons with the Teals logo, sit on wooden crates holding pumpkins in front of the farm shop’s opening hours sign
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Teals Farm Shop: the uplifting A303 deli and café backing 98 local suppliers