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The food and music festival runs at Upton Country Park in June

Tasty food and music festival at Upton Country Park to get ready for Glastonbury!

A TASTY festival is on offer at a Dorset food festival in June – just ahead of Glastonbury! The Upton…

The Lift Legend initiative offers free soft drinks to designated drivers at pubs and clubs in Dorset. Picture: Dorset Police

Free soft drinks for designated drivers in Purbeck this Christmas: Here’s where

DESIGNATED drivers can claim free soft drinks at dozens of pubs and clubs this Christmas. Dorset Police has launched the…

UK’s favourite toppings revealed ahead of National Pizza Week

TOMORROW sees National Pizza Week get underway – and our favourite toppings have been revealed. The week-long event, which runs…

The team behind Smoke on the Water. From left to right; Matt, Julia, Sarah and Jordan Tillman

New Swanage restaurant brings Dorset flavour to the Bay Area

PURBECK restaurateurs, of the newly built premises overlooking Swanage Bay, are aiming to create a relaxed environment with local…

From left: Quentin Royles (head chef at the Thomas Tripp and Bodega), Dave Burns and Jason Giddings

Tasty tunes and a delicious dish raising money for Christchurch hospice

TASTY tunes and a delicious dish will raise money for a hospice charity. And the owners of three Christchurch venues…

A host of festive feasts will be on offer at the Athelhampton House Food & Drink Christmas Fair

Festive food to tickle tastebuds at Athelhampton House Christmas Fair

FESTIVE flavours will be the order of the day at an event next month. On Saturday and Sunday, November 25…

West Dorset Camra chair Bruce Mead, left, and branch treasurer Rich Bates. Picture: Rich Gabe

Weymouth Octoberfest: Drinkers warned to buy tickets now – here’s how

THE largest selection of Welsh cask ales and ciders ever seen under one roof in Dorset is on offer…

Dorset families are being urged to check if they may be eligible for free school meals. Picture: Dorset Council

Dorset families urged to check on free school meals: Here’s how

FAMILIES are being urged to check if their children are eligible for free school meals – saving them up…

Easy cheesecake takes the biscuit

Easy cheesecake takes the biscuit

Recipe and photos by Lorraine Gibson THERE’S always a perfectly good excuse to have a biscuit, but since it’s National…

How The Castle Inn at Corfe Castle could look

Corfe Castle pub submits plan for major makeover

A CORFE Castle pub is seeking permission for a makeover. The Castle Inn, in East Street, has applied to Dorset…