Following much conjecture which included one theory that aliens had landed, the mystery of the sonic boom that could be heard over much of Dorset on Saturday looks like it has been solved.
It transpires that the sound came from a 'fireball meteor'.
https://twitter.com/simon_sat/status/1373374924597891075?s=20
It was heard in Dorchester and Weymouth amongst...
Dorset Council to use Vivacity Labs sensors across the county as part of Department of Transport’s Transforming Cities Fund
Transport technology scaleup Vivacity Labs has announced its partnership with Dorset Council, as part of a major sustainable infrastructure development in the county.
Fifteen Vivacity Labs traffic sensors will be installed across the county in Dorchester, Ferndown,...
We're not sure when this was aired but whilst browsing the latest social media sensation 'TikTok', this beauty popped up.
The seaside town of Bournemouth was struck by tragedy on 31 May last year, when two children, Sunnah Khan, aged 12, and Joe Abbess, aged 17, tragically lost their lives after being caught in what is believed to have been a riptide near the pier. The incident has left...
Archaeology students from Bournemouth University have discovered a Bronze Age burial site during an excavation of a prehistoric settlement in Dorset.
It is the first time Bronze Age bones have been discovered on the site in Winterborne Kingston, where the university’s Department of Archaeology and Anthropology has been excavating settlements...
Southwest England and South Wales are under a yellow weather warning for rain, effective from 11 am to 11.59 pm on Thursday. The Met Office predicts widespread rainfall of up to 2cm, with hilly regions expecting up to 4cm. This may lead to delays in bus and train services,...
Having read Gillian Tett’s article (“How the Kit Kat went global”, Magazine, FT Weekend, March 20) I find it odd such a lengthy piece did not arouse any interest in the origin of the name.
Our family believed, in Tett’s words, that “Kit Kat” was the product of the...
The far-right, extreme right, hard right, radical right, fascist-right and ultra-right are terms used to discuss the position a group or person occupies within right-wing politics.
Many of these parties stem from either the legacy of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists, or the political views held by either John...
Nesting in the eaves of our buildings and other small gaps in our homes, Swifts make the return journey from sub-Saharan Africa each year to breed in Dorset and the wider UK.
Greg Lambe, Vice Chairman of Christchurch Harbour Ornithological Group (CHOG), tells us that these “enigmatic birds which are the...
A challenge by Dr. Rupert Read to the UK Government: take responsibility for having got us into this public health disaster, and don’t try to put the blame for lockdowns on us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKTwBbge4lQ&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0O8amrvE9q0CIBWqidcXDH2dKe5W8BEPIe1sLMpsktH3vAi-uImmjivqE
Douglas James
