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Volunteers who maintain and develop five railway stations have won 10 awards for floral and neighbourhood excellence in a regional competition.

A total of eight recycling centres in Dorset will close for two days for essential maintenance during October.

Gather in Poole is amongst the venues that will host the free public exhibition Coastal Life Stories in November this year.

A Swanage family with 117-year retail legacy will star in a major campaign revealing the untold stories of Britain’s corner shop bosses.

Residents are asked to get involved with beach cleans taking place along Dorset’s coastline from 5 to 13 April.

Home-Start Wessex raised £10,295.18 in The Big Give. It will use the funding to help homeless families across the region.

Mel Cox, who is now a volunteer driver, drove a steam locomotive to Corfe Castle to mark the anniversary of its closure to BR trains.

Swanage Railway volunteers will take part in a national ‘whistle off’ on New Year’s Day at the start of the Railway 200 celebrations.

Four towns have made the shortlist to become Dorset’s Town of Culture in 2026: Ferndown, Sherborne, Swanage & Purbeck, and Wimborne.

A series of candle events organised by Lewis-Manning Hospice Care raised over £23,000 for charity.