Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has launched the new campaign, ‘Make Wildlife Welcome’, to encourage local people to give garden wildlife struggling to survive a helping hand this autumn and winter. The State of Nature report in 2013 revealed that 60% of the UK species studied have been declining in...
This is the perfect time of year for enjoying Dorset’s seaside. A new book just published, Lesser Known Lyme Regis, delves into a side of Lyme you might not know, with commentary from local people and six easy-to-follow guided walks with maps. It’s rather like having your own personal...
Every festival we have attended this summer has been blessed with beautiful weather. The trick is to invite us and we guarantee warm sunshine. Today was no different. Families sat and strolled in a gorgeous setting - Maumbury Rings in Dorchester. Up the top; down the bottom or half...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) Chesil Beach Centre will be hosting the launch of a new children’s book called ‘Bizzy the Blenny and the Treasure of the Fleet Lagoon’, written by local artist, Nicola Dennis and Chesil Centre officer, Marc Smith. The book will be launched at the centre on...
People can now look at visit-dorset.com wherever and whenever they like using the new mobile site. The mobile site, launched this month by the Visit Dorset Tourism Partnership, allows people to view the website on mobile devices such as tablets or smartphones, access to the website on the move....
West Bay Day 2014 has been hailed a success by organisers after raising over £2,500 for charities. Residents and visitors turned out in their droves to see EastEnders stars Ricky Groves and Cliff Parisi, who played Garry and Minty in the soap opera, open the event and sign autographs....
The £19.5 million plan to save Lyme Regis from the sea is nearing completion. Heavy construction work was completed this month on Phase IV of the scheme and public access to the new seawall walkway was opened this week. Some areas continue to be fenced off as minor work...
A leading recruitment agency is warning of major potential transport and logistic issues if a lack of driving staff is not met. City Centre Recruitment which has offices in Weymouth, Yeovil and Bournemouth, also operates a nationwide specialist driving division, recruiting drivers for all driving jobs right across the...
Owner Peter Hitchin has decided to call it a day after running the entertainment venue for the past seven years. It goes on the market with Savills in September with a price tag of £550,000 Mr Hitchin said: “It’s been an enjoyable business to own but it’s a ‘lifestyle’...
Members of Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) were greeted by an unexpected visitor when a Russian Steppe Eagle interrupted a wildlife walk on Upton Heath last Friday. The giant bird of prey, which had a wingspan of over 4 feet, made its dramatic appearance after escaping from a falconer at...
