Plumber-turned-palaeontologist awarded Honorary Doctorate
Dorset plumber Steve Etches has received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Southampton to…
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Railway volunteers win coveted civil engineering award for line restoration
Elated volunteers have won a coveted award for the restoration of a section of railway…
Whale and Dolphin Watch at Durlston will remember former dolphin watcher
A man who was a dolphin watcher for 27 years will be remembered on 3…
Poole lifeboat crew says farewell as Portland search and rescue helicopter stands down from operation
The Portland SAR helicopter, which will be stood down from operation around the Dorset coast…
Armed Forces flag raised in Purbeck
A special flag was raised at Purbeck District Council’s offices on Monday 19 June to…
History in the making as train departs Swanage Railway 45 years later than the previous one
The first train to leave Swanage Railway since 1972 departed at 10.23am on 13 June…
Purbeck volunteers honoured at 9th annual ceremony
Hard-working volunteers from across Purbeck have been thanked at a ceremony hosted by district council…
Historic locomotives to put in an appearance at Swanage Railway
The largest gathering of working classic 1940s Bulleid Pacific class express steam locomotives since the…
Police rescue man clinging to buoy in Swanage bay
Dorset Police Marine Section and Swanage Neighbourhood Policing Team rescued a man from Swanage bay…
Making a house a home – volunteers needed at Max Gate, Hardy’s Cottage, and Clouds Hill, Dorset
NEWS FEED National Trust volunteer, Annette Joyce, at Clouds Hill ©National Trust/Martin Stephen The small cottages near Dorchester where Thomas Hardy and Lawrence of Arabia lived are charming to look at, but it’s the warm welcome of the volunteer guides there that turn them from houses into homes. On 1 March the National Trust will…