The Latest Breaking News from Dorset

Dorset Police have thanked the public for sharing their appeal

Loss of access to lake and waterfall in Thomas Hardy country prompts action at Bridehead estate

Brief letters: Gas industry conservationists | Wimbledon expansion | Use your loaf | Daisy Buchanan | Bagpipe warning | Annoying words

With demand high for the 1,000-or-so Jellycat toys, independent shops are facing a wave of shoplifting incidents

New data shows that Sandbanks in Dorset is the most expensive coastal town in which to buy a property

Canford Heath, Dorset: Their UK numbers have thankfully recovered from near extinction in the 1960s, but that doesn’t make them any easier to spot

This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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

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

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…