“The fight for freedom of bigotry isn’t over yet,” says Sophie Cook in an opinion piece on Transgender Day of Visibility, a day that aims to bring attention to the accomplishments of trans people around the globe.
A unique Victorian steam locomotive that escaped the cutting torch thanks to the centenary of London’s Waterloo station – and starred in ‘The Railway Children’ on both sides of the Atlantic – has been transferred to the Swanage Railway by the National Railway Museum.
A South West MEP has warned there would be no ‘plain sailing’ towards a UK exit from the EU, as Prime Minister Theresa May formally triggers Article 50.
A veteran engineman and stalwart Swanage Railway volunteer has been reunited with the express steam locomotive that he worked on as a young cleaner and fireman during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Two extremely rare items, an early bicycle and a police telephone box, are to be sold by Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne.
Hamish Murray will be presenting an exciting exhibition of his photographs, sketches and paintings inspired by Durlston and the local area during the last 40 or so years.
A new chandlery for Beaulieu River customers will be officially opened by Lord Montagu at Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour on Friday 31 March.
Visitors from South Korea, a country that has topped a global survey for longevity, called into Wimborne Minster as word spreads that East Dorset has a similar claim to fame.
A Dorset brass band, Verwood Concert Brass, beats world champions in Torquay finals after achieving its best result in its 153-year history.
The Museum of East Dorset is inviting the public to share their views on the Priest’s House Museum and how it can be developed for the future.
