17.8 C
Dorset
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Attention cat owners: Time is running out before a new law takes effect on June 10, making it mandatory to microchip your feline companions....
The UK's competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has raised concerns about pet owners potentially overpaying for medicines or prescriptions in the...
At the age of 97, Sir David Attenborough continues to demonstrate an unwavering commitment to capturing the wonders of the natural world. In his...

The Day I Met My Hero

I set off for work at 2:50 am to complete what, to anyone who knows me, has been a dream of mine since I...
A Poole man has been prosecuted for illegal dog breeding following a two-year investigation led by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council, marking the...
Conservationist and wildlife campaigner Chris Packham says British supermarkets are ‘selling suffering’ in light of the very worst forms of suffering that chickens on...

Discovering the Purbeck coast

All the rocks in Dorset are sedimentary and were deposited in water, mostly in shallow seas. They were deposited during the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary between...
This walk is best attempted when there is a low tide, especially a low spring tide (which occur around midday when there is a full...

Discovering Kimmeridge (2)

Kimmeridge has much of interest and one of the things to look out for is the oil well that has been producing since 1961. Despite being...

Discovering St Aldhelms Head

Moving west from St Aldhelm’s Head the coast cuts north to form Chapman’s Pool. Here the Kimmeridge Clay is at sea level and erosion exposes interesting fossils, especially...