Environment

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Beach clean volunteers in Lyme Regis

Brooms, fridges and shoes among haul at 34th Great Dorset Beach Clean

MORE than 100kg of rubbish – including brooms, a fridge and even shoes – was collected from just one…

Dorset’s best snorkelling spots revealed in new Planet Purbeck guide

THE best snorkelling spots in south Dorset have been revealed in a new list. Community group Plant Purbeck has put…

Upton has been shortlisted in the Town category of the Britain in Bloom awards 2024. Picture: Google

Dorset towns make the 2024 Britain in Bloom finals shortlist

TWO Dorset groups have been shortlisted as finalists in the 2024 Britain in Bloom competition. Shaftesbury in Bloom and Upton…

Hector Gibson Fleming, CEO of Wessex Internet

Dorset-based Wessex Internet shortlisted for rural Oscar

A DORSET internet firm has been nominated for a rural Oscar. Wessex Internet, based near Blandford, has been revealed as…

The plant was stolen from a field in Christchurch in the early hours of Sunday morning. Pictures: Dorset Police

Machinery worth £10,000 stolen from Christchurch field

PLANT machinery worth more than £10,000 was stolen from a field in Christchurch. The theft occurred in the Blackwater area…

Eco’s Bryony Hammond, centre, with, from left, Laura Maidment and Charlie Squires (Julia’s House), Nicki Cluley (Lewis-Manning) and Fran Potton (Diverse Abilities). Picture: Andy Diprose/Eco Sustainable Solutions

Christmas tree collections raise £57,000 for Dorset charities

A DORSET recycling company helped raise a record £57,000 for county charities over Christmas. Eco Sustainable Solutions received collected

A Little Tern chick on Chesil Beach. Picture: Morgan Vaughan

How you can help protect vulnerable Little Tern birds in Dorset

PEOPLE are being sought to give their time to help protect a vulnerable bird. The Little Tern, one of the…

Schools and other groups can take part in Plant Your Pants. Picture: The Countryside Trust

Plant Your Pants this spring – to see what’s going on ‘down there’!

PEOPLE in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire are being urged to plant their pants – yes, pants – this spring,…

Winners of the Poole Canoe Club 2023 Photographic Competition have been announced

Pictures: Winners of Poole Canoe Club 2023 Photographic Competition revealed

PHOTOGRAPHS by Dorset canoeists have been judged as part of an annual competition. The Poole Harbour Canoe Club has announced…

More than 400 people turned out to in-person consultation events over Swanage seafront. Picture: Dorset Coast Forum

Swanage backs ‘enhanced’ seafront plans – and retention of events field

PEOPLE are backing plans to secure Swanage seafront – and want to keep an events field as part of…