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Dab caught from Abbotsbury beach cooked with lots of garlic, parsley and butter

A multicultural lunch in Boscombe is helping people to share their stories and family recipes with the wider communities

Sunday afternoons are made for lazing in a cosy pub, beer in hand and an overflowing plate of delicious roast dinner on the table. We pick 10 great places for Sunday lunch in Dorset

Cream teas, fish and chips on the beach – even organised walks with LLAMAS - there’s plenty of ways to show your mum you love her on Mother’s Day in Dorset. We pick seven ways to treat mum this Mothering Sunday

Our food and drink newsletter is brimming with all of your local foodie highlights.

Great things to do in Dorset this weekend: art exhibitions, walks, concerts, theatre, places to visit and other events and ideas

Portland is inviting you to explore a magical walking trail that will light up the night

Dave Cumber Vets and Wessex FM have teamed up to mark the last day dogs are allowed on Weymouth Beach before the summer

Do you live in an award-winning Dorset village or hamlet? Do you have a community project or village shop that has made a real difference to where you live? Enter your village in the Dorset Best Village competition today!

What better way to warm up after a walk on the beach than at a cosy café with a sea view and a bacon sandwich. We pick eight of the best beach cafés to visit in Dorset

Enter our competition for your chance to win a family ticket to see Tom Gates LIVE on stage at the theatre of the winner’s choice

From hidden gems to award-winners, Sue Quinn seeks out some of the county’s finest meat masters who are passionate about animal welfare, quality and service

Want to keep your food miles low and your taste experience high? Alice Cooke reveals some of the county’s best farm shops

American comedian Rich Hall and his Hoedown band are continuing their epic UK tour with more dates announced for spring 2019, including a night in Poole in April

Thirteen iron age hillforts to be given a new lease of life thanks to an award made to the National Trust by Postcode Earth Trust

We all love Dorset, right? And some of us probably think there’s no place better. Here’s why...

Discover some of Dorset’s Civil War history on this walk and scale an impressive hill fort which offers far reaching views

Steve Roberts reveals some of the curious facts about Bournemouth and the famous people that once called it home

Winding country lanes, rolling countryside and cosy cottages galore - Edward Griffiths shares 7 lovely walking routes around just some of our most beautiful Dorset villages

Events, exhibitions and theatre to keep children entertained in Dorset in February half term

Take a step back in time with these short clips showcasing the glory days of Dorset. How much has changed over the past 85 years?

Don’t miss Bride: The Wedding Show heading to Bournemouth 23 - 24 February

The RSPB and partners launch an urgent Just Giving appeal to raise the money needed to run the annual Little Tern Recovery Project at Chesil Beach this summer, due to a shortfall in grant funding

Did your ancestors live in Sturminster Marshall or the surrounding area during the first world war? Priest’s House Museum wants to hear from you!

For centuries these two riverside settlements feuded, and then along came King George III with his passion for sea bathing and peace broke out in this fashionable seaside resort