The Latest Breaking News from Dorset

The southwest county has become a haven for gastronomists, where organic produce and the freshest coastal plunder are cooked by trailblazing chefs. Rosalyn Wikeley rounds up the very best places to get a taste of the burgeoning scene

Earl of Abergavenny’s sinking is one of UK’s worst maritime disasters

Canon pro landscape photographer Jack Lodge teaches PhotoPlus Apprentice Gary to chase the light down in Dorset

The rich do like to be beside the seaside

The insects are being looked after in a conservation project that encourages visitors to enjoy their ‘piercing’ light

Vessel moored in Dorset, which is home to 400 people, to be shut down in January when contract ends

Richard Forrest has spent half a century combing beaches for ammonites and other fossils. Along the Dorset coast, the constant shift of earth, rocks and sand continually reveals fresh evidence of life millions of years ago

The Sherborne in Dorset has got a facelift by architects Spase, giving the cultural destination a new rooftop extension and flexible spaces

The woman, in her 80s, slipped and fell while walking with her husband at Winspit Quarry, Dorset, on Saturday