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A thriving artisan quarter and inventive restaurants have injected new life into this genteel seaside town famed for its fossils and literary haunts

‘Poorton coin hoard’, discovered under floor by Betty and Robert Fooks, expected to fetch £35,000 at auction

PC Martin Briggs’ alleged treatment on day of fitness test left one woman bleeding from her ears

A circular walk across hills and through picturesque villages known to Constable and Hardy starts and ends at an ancient smugglers’ watering hole near Weymouth

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Chris Lewis has been rescuing local swimmers and tourists on Dorset resort’s beaches for 58 years

Rachel Hill’s baking business helped her make the move to a village near Dorchester

Serious Fraud Office raided sites in Dorset and Bucks as part of inquiry into Carlauren Group

Erin Thomas Wong and Dominic Wong moved their family from Ealing to Dorset to get more space

A man says he was threatened with arrest after his dog urinated on a public street in Bournemouth, England. Steve Schuurman said an "aggressive" female Dorset police officer shouted at him to "clear your fucking dog piss." Schuurman said he would have cleaned up if his dog had defecated but…

In this ancient corner of England near Abbotsbury, stone circles punctuate the open downland. Our writer picks a misty but atmospheric day to explore