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Work is to start this autumn on sites in Verwood, Ferndown and Upton with the aim of safeguarding wildlife and reducing the risk of wildfires.

The Rt Hon Caroline Nokes had the chance to try out one of the bikes which are suitable for people with physical or intellectual disabilities.

A lone dolphin has been delighting visitors to Lyme Regis Harbour this summer, but there are signs it has been injured by careless humans.

Litter Free Dorset, Dorset Council, Weymouth Harbour, and Wessex Water have joined together in a campaign to protect water quality.

The second-highest number of barbecue incidents in the UK have occurred in Dorset in the last three years.

Vikki Slade and Neil Duncan-Jordan have backed a campaign calling for watertight regulation that ends hunting with hounds.

Dorset Council has taken steps to reduce its own emissions and has supported local communities to do the same.

The towns are the UK’s first official nature towns in a scheme run by environmental bodies plus the National Lottery.

Stallions, which are hardy and resilient, have been released into the New Forest over a six-week period to maintain native bloodlines.

A new centre is to be launched near Blandford this autumn offering facilities including an education room and parking.