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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.

Police have issued an update concerning the investigation into the death of three people at a care home in Swanage.

WiFi is to be connected to Swanage Railway as a pilot to see if it can work on rural and older railway networks.

Dorset Council has added its voice to those who are saddened by the deaths of residents in the Agincare-run Gainsborough Care Home.

Dorset Police are appealing for anyone with any information to come forward following the tragedy at the Gainsborough Care Home.

Police are treating the deaths as unexplained and the care home’s residents have been evacuated.

Dorset Police are seeking witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage of the incident which took place in Queens Road on Thursday 1 April.