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Peter Wellman, who was born and brought up in the village that was evacuated in 1943, has passed away aged 100.

Judith Baker and Jane Austin ran their own ‘London Marathon in the Purbecks’ this weekend and raised over £1,800 for cancer patients.

Organised by Diverse Abilities, the fundraiser challenges teams to compete in clay pigeon shooting, target rifles, archery, and more.

The road connecting Wareham and Kimmeridge in the Isle of Purbeck will be closed for five days from Monday 7 April.

The council is considering implementing Public Space Protection Orders to ban the lighting of fires on heathland and camping on Studland beach.

Purbeck Mining Museum saw a 50 per cent increase in visitor numbers last year and has received accreditation from Arts Council England.

Anyone who was at Studland on the afternoon of Friday 1 November and witnessed this should contact the police.

Fire stations across Dorset and Wiltshire are to lose up to eight fire engines, according to claims by the Fire Brigades Union.

Douch Family Funeral Directors can now arrange funerals at Kingston Country Courtyard Hotel which is in the Purbecks.

Thanks to funding of £186,000 from the Marine Management Organisation’s Fisheries and Seafood Scheme, wildlife will be conserved.