The Latest Breaking News from Dorset

Signs in rudely named street fixed with concrete to stop tourists stealing them

Residents have said they are ‘very proud’ to live on some of the rudest named streets.

Evening Standard · Sep 23

Britain’s ‘rudest road’ signs concreted in to deter thieves

The Worcestershire street topped the list in a new survey ranking the UK’s most cheekily named locations

The Independent UK · Sep 23

‘Incredibly encouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows

Eco-moorings restore seagrass in just five years, boosting sealife such as seahorses, eels and crabs

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

Country diary: It’s 10am at the Melplash Show and the cider contest is well under way

Bridport, Dorset: Away from the sheep, pigs and Martin Clunes’s horse, I find a bounty of local ciders – and concern about this year’s apple harvest

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4

South West Water has worst environmental record in England, analysis shows

Exclusive: Friends of the Earth finds greatest sewage discharge in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30

Picturesque boating lake in Dorset overwhelmed with green slime

‘It stinks and is disgusting,’ disgruntled business owners say as public avoids park in Dorset

The Independent UK · Aug 28

Archaeologists Solve Dorset’s 7-Year Mystery After Discovering a Medieval Farmstead Beneath Walls That Once Had No Explanation

After an extensive seven-year investigation, archaeologists have successfully unveiled the identity of a mysterious farmstead in Dorset. Initial findings from 2018 revealed considerable walls, which have now been validated as part of a fifteenth-century farmstead. This remarkable discovery is documented on a vintage map, linking it to the intriguing history…

The Times of India · Aug 28

Boat trips, swimming and seafood: 10 of the UK’s best harbour towns and villages

From smoked kippers in Northumberland to dolphin spotting in Dorset and a palm-fringed village on a sea loch in the Scottish Highlands

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25

‘Tuscany may be beautiful, but do they sell sticks of rock?’: readers’ favourite UK holidays

Your best UK breaks include an island off Mull, a rail journey along the County Antrim coast and Dorset’s best-kept secret

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21

Britain's best Jurassic fossil collection was sold to Abu Dhabi after UK museums could not raise the money to buy it

For decades, Dorset-based fossil hunter Chris Moore combed the cliffs and beaches around Lyme Regis and Charmouth, part of England's UNESCO-listed Jurassic Coast, gradually assembling a collection of 318 specimens spanning ichthyosaurs, fish and crustaceans, including fossils that could potentially represent species new to science. Under the region's fossil collecting…

The Times of India · Aug 20