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• Updated: Police raids - Counterfeit goods seized along with guns and drugs

  MORE details have emerged about a major police operation in Weymouth. read more

• Five held after drugs and guns found in Weymouth police raids

  DRUGS and guns were seized as armed police carried out raids in Weymouth. read more

• Soprano Ailish Tynan to perform at Cerne Abbas Music Festival

  LEADING Irish soprano Ailish Tynan has been invited to be a guest performer at the Cerne Abbas Music Festival this summer. read more

• Proposed waste transfer site in Bridport faces problems

  BRIDPORT’S proposed waste transfer site at Broomhills could be facing major delays and thousands more in costs. read more

• Portland youngsters step out in ballroom style

  STRICTLY come dancing came to Portland as schoolchildren waltzed the afternoon away. read more

• New cycle route is linking open space in Bridport

  AN OPEN space in Bridport is to have a new cycle route linking it all the way to the South Street car park via a new bridge. read more

• New displays unveiled at revamped Portland castle

  HANDS-ON visitor attractions, a new audio tour and interactive displays have been unveiled at the re-vamped Portland Castle. read more

• Stern message goes out after big Dorchester clean-up

  RESIDENTS have been doing their bit to clean up their communities. read more

• Dorset County Council invites applications for school bus concession scheme

  PARENTS can apply for their children to be included in a concessionary scheme if their children do not qualify for free school transport. read more

• Race for equality along Weymouth seafront

  SHOW your support and race for equality along Weymouth seafront. read more

• Party planned to mark opening of Weymouth's new bridge

  A FAMILY fun day is being held to mark the official opening of a new bridge in Wey-mouth. read more

• Dorchester's May Day rally is hotting up

  THE second annual May Day rally at Dorchester’s Borough Gardens will be packed with bands, speakers and entertainment. read more

• Portland hair salon is polling booth

  A Portland hairdressing salon will be doubling as a polling station today as voting opens for local elections. read more

• Dorset work death boss must pay £12,000

  A JUDGE has criticised the ‘lamentable’ working conditions which resulted in a father dying before his son’s eyes. read more

• Rapper Wretch 32 to perform at Weymouth Olympic torch celebration

  ENGLISH rapper Wretch 32 is ‘feeling dead proud’ to have been chosen to perform during Olympic torch relay evening celebration on Weymouth Beach. read more

• 2,000 youngsters at Art of Sport Festival in Weymouth

  TWO thousand young people will join Olympic and Paralympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville and an Olympic athletics star for a momentous art and sporting event. read more

• Scheme to lay £2.5m water main in Dorchester begins

  A £2.5MILLION scheme to lay a new water main is underway near Dorchester. read more

• Little Mix star Perrie Edwards visits farm in Charminster

  A POP star has been taking time out from performing to visit a community farm that helps people with learning difficulties. read more

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