Dorset County Museum closed until 2020
Dorchester’s Dorset County Museum closed on Saturday as part of its multi-million-pound redevelopment programme, Tomorrow’s Museum – Making Dorset Proud.
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West Dorset group of CPRE say Thomas Hardy’s ‘Casterbridge’ is under threat
Casterbridge aka Dorchester is under threat from development say representatives of West Dorset CPRE
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Dorset County Show 2018 welcomes more than 55,000 visitors
In its 178th year, Dorset County Show 2018 welcomed more than 55,000 visitors on 1 and 2 September at Dorchester Showground entertaining local families and Dorset’s agricultural community.
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Free Shire Hall Courthouse Museum tours
To celebrate Dorset’s hidden architectural heritage, Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum will be offering free behind the scenes tours.
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Tribute to man who died in fatal collision near Bere Regis
The family of a man who died in a fatal collision on the westbound lane of the A35 Dorchester bypass near Bere Regis has issued a tribute.
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Winner of the Hall & Woodhouse DLF writing prize announced
Local author, Philip Browne has been announced as the winner of the inaugural Hall & Woodhouse DLF Writing Prize.
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Circus skills top the bill at Poundbury care home garden party
A Dorchester care home’s summer garden party hit the heights when a staff member brought along her aerial circus troupe and wowed residents and visitors.
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PANTS campaign launched at Dorset County Museum
The UK’s most famous dinosaur, Dippy the Diplodocus, was in good company at Dorset County Museum in Dorchester recently, having been joined by the NSPCC’s popular children’s character, Pantosaurus, to launch the PANTS campaign.
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Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum opens its doors
Hundreds of people got the chance to step back in time as Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum opened its doors to the public in Dorchester on 1 May.
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Dorset mum’s marathon efforts inspired by her own mother’s battle
Dorchester-based Tilly Dowley, 31, was inspired to run the Virgin London Marathon by watching her own mum, Bren Stevens, suffer a cancer diagnosis.
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