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Dorset art: Lucy Warren's stunning Dorset painting of Colmer's Hill and Symondsbury village"
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Dorset art: Mum-of-2 turns stroke recovery into radiant paintings

Jack Durie and Penelope Bentham, young volunteers at Portland Museum Dorset, standing outside the museum building
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Meet the 2 young volunteers unearthing Portland Museum’s fascinating secrets

Baby Daniel, who has Down's Syndrome, crawling along tracks built as part of REMAP's disabled adaptations to help disabled children with mobility at home
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Unsung heroes transform disabled people’s lives with free gadgets and gizmos

CGI image of the proposed Norchester (North Dorchester Garden Community) village centre near Dorchester, Thomas Hardy's home county town, showing traditional-style housing and a high street
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Norchester: developers reveal community plans as Thomas Hardy Society urges residents to object

Bronze Age gold lunula found by metal detectors in Dorset's Tarrant Valley, a thin crescent-shaped neck ornament with geometric patterns, laid flat on a white background next to a centimetre scale ruler.
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Metal detectors: the remarkable 4,000-year-old gold treasure uncovered in Tarrant Valley

Weldmar Hospicecare staff hold posters for the four new 2027 fundraising challenges - Snowdon by Night, Cambodia Overseas Challenge, Tour de Weldmar and Jurassic Coast Ultra Challenge - outside the hospice in Dorchester
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Weldmar Hospicecare launches 4 exhilarating new fundraising challenges

Where to buy solar eclipse glasses in Dorset and the best places to watch: Product photo of Celestron-branded solar eclipse glasses on a white background, black cardboard frames with dark lenses, ISO safety certification logo, American flag and 'Made in USA' marking on one arm
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Where to buy solar eclipse glasses in Dorset and 18 places to watch

Steve Feltham scans Loch Ness with binoculars during his search for the Loch Ness Monster
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Weymouth man’s 35-year Loch Ness Monster hunt hits world record

North Dorchester Garden Community ('Norchester') masterplan showing proposed neighbourhoods including Slyer's Lane, Southern Central and Frome Whitfield, with schools, green space and the Frome Valley Park water meadows near Charminster, Stinsford and Dorchester.
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Dorset Council apologises after ‘Norchester’ comments deadline mix-up confuses residents

Sherborne celebrates as it's named Dorset Town of Culture 2027
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Sherborne crowned Dorset Town of Culture 2027 in exciting win