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UNBELIEVABLE: 4 - The Untold Story

Léon Krier obituary

Visionary architect appointed master-planner by King Charles for his model new town of Poundbury in Dorset

The Guardian - UK

World nettle eating competition returns to Dorset pub

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The Independent UK

World nettle eating competition returns to Bottle Inn Pub in Dorset

The world nettle eating competition has returned to the Bottle Inn Pub in Marshwood, Dorset, after a hiatus.

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Tracing the Drax family’s millions – a story of British landed gentry, slavery and sugar plantations

Rich British aristocratic families with a legacy of owning colonial slave plantations are often accused by campaigners that their wealth solely originates from these plantations. One frequent target of this criticism has been the Drax family of Dorset, which is headed by Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, who was the Conservative MP…

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Mother-of-four who died while skydiving ‘just trying something new’

Belinda Taylor, 48, from Totnes, Devon, and Adam Harrison, 30, from Bournemouth, Dorset, died in the area of Dunkeswell Aerodrome on Friday.

The Independent UK

London leaver: 'We are trying to give our children the sort of childhoods we had in the 80s and 90s'

Moving to Dorset gave this couple far more scope for running their own business

Evening Standard

Why Tamsin Greig loves swanning around Swanage: from carnivals to Norman chapels

Breathtaking clifftop views, dreamy cream teas and the best fish and chips in the world — oh, the actor does love to be beside the seaside in this Dorset town

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‘A wonderful mystery to be solved’: search begins in Dorset for ‘the Mother of all tanks’

Lost for over a century, discovery of wartime letter has rekindled interest in unlocking the secret of the world’s first prototype tank

The Guardian - UK

Sacked police officer says he is seen as ‘abuser’ after ‘aggressive’ arrest

Former constable Lorne Castle was dismissed by Dorset Police for using ‘unreasonable force’ on 15-year-old.

Evening Standard

Police release video of arrest that led to officer’s sacking

Pc Lorne Castle was dismissed after a disciplinary hearing held by Dorset Police following the incident in Bournemouth town centre last year.

Evening Standard

‘What a girl!’ Lost dog returns after swimming to island on 100-mile journey

Adventurous Amber spotted by two men in a boat in Poole Harbour after travelling across Hampshire and Dorset

The Guardian - UK

Anger as Dorset estate withdraws public entry to ‘stunning’ local landmark

Visitors lament ‘tremendous shame’ as notice withdrawing public access appears after £30m sale of Bridehead Estate

The Guardian - UK

The Salt Path taps into a long history of searching for healing on England’s south-west coast

Moth Winn was diagnosed with a terminal illness at the age of 53 and in the same week he and his wife, Raynor, lost their home. As the bailiffs arrived, the couple made a remarkable decision: to take a 630-mile year-long coastal walk from Somerset to Dorset, through Devon and…

The Conversation

‘Game of Thrones-style families’ behind 2,000-year-old Dorset massacre

The Maiden Castle skeletons were first unearthed in 1936 with ‘skulls smashed to oblivion’

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Overnight fire destroys Bournemouth beach huts

Crews from Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to East Beach on Bournemouth seafront

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Residents of Dorset village that inspired Thomas Hardy fight back against expansion

Row breaks out in Marnhull, location used in Tess of the d’Urbervilles, over plans to build 120 homes

The Guardian - UK

Police end investigation into three deaths at Dorset care home

Officers say two residents at home in Swanage died of natural causes and third had serious kidney infection

Evening Standard

Police say no ‘third party involvement’ in deaths of three people at care home

Two men and a woman died at a care home in Swanage, Dorset, in October 2024.

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Experience: I walked the length of the UK with a donkey

After a relationship breakup, rambling 700 miles from the Highlands to Dorset with Martin helped restore my faith in people

The Independent UK

Long-running department store holds ‘Rachel Reeves closing down sale’ over Labour tax hikes

Beales, which has been trading since 1881, is closing its store in Poole, Dorset at the end of the month

The National (Scotland)

Scotland set for 'once in a decade' Northern Lights display this year

The Aurora Borealis stunned the nation last year, with dazzling light displays being visible as far south as Dorset, Essex, Cambridgeshire and…

Euronews

Eight Earth Day reads that span the roots of the climate crisis and offer hope for the future

‘Humbling and hopeful’ in different ways, these timely reads help people of all ages navigate the climate and ecological crises.

The Guardian - UK

‘Last chance saloon’: the scramble to save Dorset’s vanishing Purbeck puffins

Numbers have plummeted in recent years, but the problem is no one really knows why nesting pairs fail to rear young

The Independent UK

Moment wrong-way minibus driver smashes head-on into car

A wrong-way minibus driver smashed head-on into a driver near Sherborne, Dorset, in September 2023, newly-released footage shows.

PC Gamer

Forget Dress to Impress and Blue Lock Rivals, my new favourite Roblox experience is literally driving around Dorset

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