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The new exhibition, which opens on 18 June, will illustrate the stories of Poole Gypsies and travellers.

A new colour souvenir guide ‘Wimborne’s Model Towns – a Closer Look, Then and Now’ contains material from seven decades.

Little Audrey’s survival and her wartime story is fascinating visitors to the museum’s latest exhibition.

This free presentation on Wednesday 26 May will keep viewers up to date on important archaeological discoveries in Dorset.

The Mayor of Portland, Cllr Sandy West, officially opened Castletown D-Day Centre in Dorset on 19 May for the summer season.

The WW2: War Stories exhibition will be presented online on 13 May ahead of the re-opening of the Tank Museum on 17 May.

The Tank Museum isn’t expected to open until 17 May, but when it does you will see the flags in the new ‘World War Two: War Stories’ exhibition.

Known as round barrows, they were covered with thick vegetation which took experts and volunteers five days to uncover.

You can find out more about one of the best collections of Valentine’s cards in existence at a Zoom meeting on 11 February.

Churches such as Wimborne Minster have held poignant services in previous years, but you can still mark the day online.