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Dorset's Big Picture: 17 June - 23 June 2024
BBC News· 15 hours agoShowcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.
Portland: Verge cutting halted to save orchids from the chop
BBC News· 11 hours agoA council has paused verge cutting along a road after two species of orchids were found growing. ...
Parkfield School in Dorset announces plan to close
BBC News· 3 hours agoA school has announced plans to close due to "falling and unsustainable numbers of pupils". Reach South Academy Trust told parents on Friday that the...
Diver thanks rescuers after decompression incident in Poole Bay
BBC News· 5 days agoA scuba diver injured in a diving incident off the Dorset coast has thanked his rescuers. Coastguard...
Councillor berates 'coffin politics' over junction
BBC via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoA parish council chairman has said calls to improve an unsafe road junction have been dismissed for at least six years. Tim Read said there had been numerous near misses on the B3078 in < ...
Weymouth regeneration: Dorset Council buys waterside land
BBC News· 2 days agoDorset Council has acquired two pieces of waterfront land in Weymouth as part of plans to regenerate...
BBC Radio 2 DJ Johnnie Walker told to ‘prepare to die at any moment’ by doctors
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSince he was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an inflation of the lungs, he has been...
Dorset harbours report drop in activities after wet weather
BBC News· 7 days agoPoor early season weather has impacted activities at harbours on the Dorset coast, council figures...
Dorset: Man jailed over fatal crash in dual carriageway race
BBC News· 4 days agoA driver has been jailed for 14 years and four months for causing a fatal crash during a high-speed...
Toyah Willcox: ‘I had tea with Princess Margaret – she wanted to see what a punk rocker looked like’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoShe has continued to sing and act throughout her career with roles in Casualty and Secret Diary of a...
