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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

The Guardian - AU

‘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

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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

The Independent UK

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.

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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 Independent 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 Guardian - UK

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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.

The Independent UK

Mother faces court accused of causing death of her son by dangerous driving

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

Evening Standard

Bibby Stockholm barge towed away, 18 months after arriving in Dorset

Vessel commissioned by previous Conservative government to house asylum seekers was decommissioned in November

The Guardian - UK

Two fresh charges against sailor convicted of murdering wife in 1999

The remains of Debbie Griggs were found buried in a back garden in Dorset more than 20 years after she died.

The Independent UK

Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain – supporting decades of archaeology

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient DNA analysis and testing, a team led by Dr Lara Cassidy and Professor Daniel Bradley from Trinity College Dublin successfully demonstrated that iron age people who were buried in Dorset from 100BC…

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Family demand answers over woman’s ‘brutal’ killing at Travelodge

Spanish national Marta Elena Vento, 27, was working at a Travelodge in Bournemouth, Dorset, when she was killed on December 9 2020.

Evening Standard

Archaeologists shocked to discover first women-centric community in Europe

Scientists analysed DNA from a set of burial grounds in Dorset

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The Independent announces partnership with Camp Bestival

Family-friendly event takes place on the sweeping Jurassic Coast in Dorset

Evening Standard

The ultimate writers' retreat? Dorset house used by Tennyson and Hardy on sale for £2.75m

This historical home with a thatched roof is a literary fans’ dream

The Independent UK

Inquests open into deaths of elderly couple found in their Dorset home

Michael Newton died of hanging while a cause of death for his wife, Heather, has not been confirmed, the inquest heard.

Evening Standard

Forensic officers examine boat of elderly couple as police probe their deaths

The bodies of the couple, aged in their 70s, were found at their home in Poole, Dorset, on December 31.

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Country diary: A cliff that’s veiled with a silk curtain

Isle of Portland, Dorset: This chilly phenomenon, cold to the touch, brings to mind a sci-fi horror film that was shot here

Evening Standard

Man and woman found dead at property in seaside town

Police officers found two bodies when they attended a property in Anthony’s Avenue, Poole, Dorset, on Tuesday morning.

The Independent UK

Seven puppies stolen from home days after Christmas leaving family ‘devastated’

Dorset Police are appealing for witnesses of the theft of the seven lurcher puppies

The Guardian - UK

Labour under fire over plans for 40 more ‘greenwashing’ waste incinerators

Communities across the UK are fighting ‘catastrophic’ proposals to build new energy-from-waste plants

The Independent UK

Brazen Jellycat thief caught stuffing toys in pram to steal from garden centre

A woman was caught on CCTV stuffing several Jellycats into a pram a child was sitting in at a garden centre in Dorset.

The Guardian - UK

Country Diary: These cliffs are more unstable than ever

West Bay, Dorset: People have lost their lives here, even long before the wetter weather we have now. So I keep my distance from the edge

Evening Standard

Historic Thomas Hardy building in Dorchester gutted by fire

About 50 firefighters were called to the blaze, which spread through the Grade II listed building in South Street, Dorchester, early on Monday.

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