Weldmar Hospicecare has launched four spectacular new fundraising challenges for 2027. Supporters can climb Mount Snowdon under the stars, hike through Cambodian villages and jungles, cycle to the iconic Mont-Saint-Michel in France, or take part in the Jurassic Coast Ultra Challenge. All sponsorship raised by participants will go directly towards providing specialist care for adults […]
With the partial solar eclipse due on Wednesday August 12, there is a last-minute scramble for safety glasses, with big customer demand to find out where to buy solar eclipse glasses in Dorset. The items are changing hands on Facebook Marketplace for prices ranging from £3 – £20. And you might also still be able […]
A Weymouth-born man will be included in the 2027 Guinness Book of World Records – after spending the last 35 years searching for the Loch Ness Monster. Steve Feltham was 28 years old when he jacked in his job, bought a converted Dorset County Council mobile library from a bloke in Puddletown and set off […]
Dorset Council has apologised after chopping and changing the deadlines for residents to have their say on the ‘Norchester’ development. The North Dorchester Consortium, a partnership between Grainger Plc and Wyatt Homes, wants to build up to 3,750 homes to create the North Dorchester Garden Community (NDGC). Consultation for the first phase – known as […]
Sherborne has been named Dorset Town of Culture 2027, beating other towns across the county to secure the title for next year. The award recognises the town’s cultural identity and existing arts scene, and comes with funding from Dorset Council, matched by Sherborne Town Council, to deliver a year-long programme of events. Town Clerk Steve […]
A Dorset man has completed an extraordinary solo trek to overcome tragic loss with love and hope. Chris McKenna decided to walk all 630 miles of the South West Coast Path by himself in aid of The National Brain Appeal, an organisation that supports pioneering research into a wide range of neurological conditions. Chris, 66, […]
Shannon was heartbroken when her wedding dress was stolen two weeks before the ceremony. But then she met the ‘angels in disguise’ at Scope’s Bridal Floor in Bridport and everything changed. In the guest book Shannon wrote to shop manager Sonia Hallett and volunteer Nicky Cullis: “What you do changes lives in ways you may […]
Dorset Council’s long-awaited Local Plan – which went out to consultation in 2021 then again in 2025 – is now going to be redrafted, and councillors are being asked to approve spending up to £1m on a new plan at their meeting tonight. The move is said to be down to changes in how the […]
Upset residents have flooded Dorset Council with objections to plans for up to 360 homes on one of the last undeveloped pieces of land between Chickerell and Weymouth. Concerned locals and many people from further away have added their comments to a proposal to build on fields north of the Weymouth West police station, west […]
By Viviane Horne Stella New is one of the friendly faces that greet you at Portland Museum. Stella lived in Kingston-upon-Hull until she was 18, when she went to Leeds University to study physiotherapy. Her dad was a GP who sang in the local choir. Sadly she was only 19 when her mum died and […]