Women across the county are encouraged to enter the Miss Dorset 2025 competition. The competition, which celebrates talent, ambition and community spirit, will return on Sunday, August 3, at the ...

Stourhead's walled garden will be the subject of weekly talks led by volunteers. The discussions will take place every Wednesday in May and June, from 12pm to 1pm, and will delve into the functions of ...

The area was donated to the Dorset Wildlife Trust in 2008. As well as bluebells, visitors can spot early purple and bird's-nest orchids, Goldilocks buttercup, wild daffodil, common spotted orchid, ...

A NIGHTCLUB that attracted numerous big names over the years is remembered for luring a huge band to its stage around five times.

Talbothayes Lodge was designed by Thomas Hardy and is Victorian country house with a range of outbuildings, attractive mature gardens and paddocks.

THESE old Dorset school photos were taken 18 years ago in 2007. See if you can recognise yourself or anyone you know, perhaps a family member or a friend, in these pictures. Click into our photo ...

A Dorset war hero's recollections of the horror of the scene as he helped liberate German concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, are shared here on ...

CERNE Abbas is a pretty village in Dorset with much to offer. It's around eight miles north of Dorchester on the way to Sherborne and is renowned for its natural beauty.  Here are five reasons to ...

Having support from a friendly Buddy can significantly encourage someone to try a new activity for the first time. (Image: Dorset National Landscape) The volunteers, known as Nature Buddies, will help ...

Here are some photos of shops from Dorset's past showing just how different it was in the age before internet shopping and one click purchases. These were the days when a shopping trip would involve ...

A school in Weymouth run by nuns was a strict environment for the education of many young residents. The convent, in Carlton Road South, was a girls' school for many years and is well remembered for ...