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A film screening and clothes swap event is set to explore the future of sustainable fashion.

LUSH will host an evening workshop making bath bombs and knot wraps at its Green Hub in Poole on November 3.

A council is calling for feedback from residents and organisations after the New Forest wildfire forced the closure of a major road.

Residents from Colten Care’s Woodpeckers care home dressed up as characters from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland for a carnival parade.

A ferry operator serving Lymington has responded after the Prime Minister agreed to look "look seriously" at a recent proposal made to regulate cross Solent ferry prices in Tuesday's PMQ's.

The Museum of East Dorset is inviting visitors and local makers to mark Saturday 26 September in their diaries for the last Tearoom Makers Market of the season.

A total of 246,089 doses of the meningococcal B (MenB) vaccine have been given since the NHS programme began on July 20, as of August 31.

Two preserves handmade in the New Forest by a team including people with neuro disabilities have been named as finalists in the Great British Food Awards 2026.

The 26th annual Wimborne in Bloom Duck Race was held on Saturday, August 29, with 1,000 ducks released into the River Allen and more than £1,500 raised.

The Museum of East Dorset in Wimborne is asking people to donate red and black wool and create poppies to decorate the building this November

A Poole MP has warned that proposed immigration reforms could lead to a "Windrush-style scandal on a massive scale".

Here’s a question. When you go on holiday and somebody asks where you’re from, what do you say?

The Bransgore Beer Fest 2026 will run from Friday, September 25 until Sunday, September 27, at the Three Tuns on Ringwood Road.

Bournemouth University (BU) has been awarded €1.5 million to lead a unique five-year research project exploring 10,000 years of seabird history

Wimborne Community Theatre, in association with Wimborne Town of Culture, will present "Belonging - Our Search for Home" at Kingston Lacy this month.

Julia’s House will host its second Glitter Gala at the Creekmoor superstore on September 30, as part of the nationwide Sustainable September campaign.

Britain's Got Talent winners The Hawkstone Farmers' Choir will perform at Bournemouth Pavilion next year as part of its 2027 UK tour.

Rowan Atkinson will appear at The Mowlem in Swanage for a day dedicated to French comedy legend Jacques Tati, as part of the Purbeck Film Festival

Vikki Slade MP has called on the Prime Minister to take urgent action to improve water safety and protect children's access to swimming lessons

In some places, history is not locked in archives but etched into the ground beneath our feet.

Purbeck Cider launches People’s Choice cider in Dorset, donating £1 per litre sold to Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. Community-grown apples support charity.

Plans for a new 'build your own' waterfront home with panoramic views have been approved for a site in Dorset

Dorset is the location for Mike Leigh's Play For Today, Nuts in May, which is free to watch on BBC iPlayer

A YouTube video provides an insightful look at Brownsea Island in 1962.

Only Fools and Horses repeats are as popular as ever this Christmas - but did you know that the classic BBC comedy was not once, but twice filmed in Dorset?

Sandbanks Ferry staff were 'verbally abused' by passengers during a temporary suspension.

Hundreds of jobs are to be created at a holiday park as part of a major nationwide investment.

SHOULD there be a tourist tax in Purbeck – the “Purbeck Pound”?