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The Latest Breaking News from Dorset

UK set for warmest day yet this year as firefighters warn of more wildfires

Temperature could hit 24C in central England on Friday with ‘very high to extreme’ risk of wildfires across Britain

The Guardian - UK

Fire crews battle blazes across UK amid ‘very high to extreme’ risk for weekend

People urged not to light fires as crews attend outbreaks in Stirling and Dunbartonshire and on Dorset heathland

The Guardian - UK

Videos show fire raging across Dorset as UK warned of ‘extreme risk’

This video shows just one of the wildfires the emergency services across the UK are tackling as warm, dry weather creates an "extreme" risk.

The Independent UK

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Fire crews battle blazes across UK as ‘extreme’ wildfire risk remains

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service warned a ‘very high to extreme’ risk of wildfire remains in place across Scotland until Monday.

Evening Standard

Huge blaze hits UK nature reserve as dry weather prompts major wildfire fears

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue are investigating the cause of the flame

The Independent UK

Approval for traveller site opposed by Martin Clunes delayed at last minute

The Doc Martin actor has opposed the plans for land next to his Dorset home.

Evening Standard

Missing couple’s disappearance ‘out of character’, police say

The couple are believed to have left Essex on Friday, March 28.

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Missing couple’s mystery disappearance ‘out of character’, police say

Anyone with information should contact Dorset Police

The Independent UK

Dreams of living by the sea made this family decamp and create a beautiful pastel-coloured home

A bold move to the Dorset coast saw this family completely transform their dated 1980s house into their ideal home

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Student with ‘rage’ against women jailed for at least 39 years for Bournemouth beach murder

Nasen Saadi, 21, stabbed Amie Gray, 34, to death after months of research on how to get away with murder

The Guardian - UK

Student who asked lecturer how to get away with murder jailed for killing personal trainer on Bournemouth beach

An ‘extremely dangerous’ social misfit with a ‘grievance against women’, Nasen Saadi killed Amie Gray and seriously wounded Leanne Miles

The Independent UK

Amie Gray: Student to be sentenced for murder of woman on Bournemouth beach

Nasen Saadi was found guilty following a trial at Winchester Crown Court

Evening Standard

Formula 1’s (almost) all-American teams

For many years Formula 1 tried and failed to connect with the US audience, but all that has changed in the last decade. Burgeoning interest is now served by three grands prix on US soil and an American team on the grid – with another one about to join. Cadillac is…

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Ancient Dorset burial site raises questions over age of Stonehenge

Re-dating of Flagstones monument to about 3,200BC came after analysis by Exeter University and Historic England

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Evening Standard

Ancient burial site found to be older than Stonehenge

New research shows Flagstones in Dorset dates to 3,200 years BC and sheds new light on the origins of monumental architecture.

The Independent UK

Stonehenge’s age called into question after revelation about ancient burial site

Findings could suggest that ‘our current dating of Stonehenge might need revision’

Evening Standard

Mother pleads guilty to causing death of son, nine, by dangerous driving

Zac Roe, from Andover in Hampshire, died at the scene of the crash in East Woodyates, north Dorset, in March last year.

The Guardian - AU

PJ Harvey review – part folklore, part fever dream

In the British polymath’s first Australian show in eight years, she performs a haunting, theatrical tribute to Dorset, where she grew up

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The Guardian - UK

‘I feel real hope’: historic beaver release marks conservation milestone in England

Four beavers were legally released at Purbeck Heath in Dorset in what experts say is a huge step for national nature recovery

The Guardian - UK

Far from the madding crowd: my personal pilgrimage on the quiet paths of Thomas Hardy’s Dorset

My mother wrote about the meandering trails from the novelist’s cottage, through countryside loaded with literary references – now I’m following in her footsteps

The Independent UK

British aid worker who lost limbs in Ukraine may have to fund his own prosthetics

Edward ‘Eddy’ Scott, from Dorset, said he has ‘fallen in love with Ukraine’ and wants to build a future there

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Tom Jones and Sugababes to headline Camp Bestival 2025

Sir Tom Jones and Sugababes will top the bill at Dorset's Camp Bestival this summer.

The Independent UK

Country estate fined £28,000 for taking too much water from rare chalk stream

The Environment Agency said the Ilchester Estates ‘deliberately flouted’ its licence for abstracting water from the Dorset Frome.

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: The first, early stages of awakening as the Earth tilts towards the south

Bridport, Dorset: Dormant buds formed at the end of last summer are responding to an alchemy of hormones, stored sugars and the gradual lightening of days

The Independent UK

Farmers team up with National Trust to create wood pasture for songbirds

A scheme in Purbeck, Dorset, is creating hundreds of acres for wildlife and livestock with funding from Government’s nature-friendly farming scheme.

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