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SCORE: Autograph of George Best due to go under the hammer, image by PA

Score! Set of footballers' autographs to be sold after 50 years

AMAZING DAY: Year 6 Symondsbury Primary School pupils visited Wembley for We Day

Pupils praised to audience of 12,000 during international event at Wembley

One Man and His Cow

Play to milk your funny bone

OFF SCREEN: On Chesil Beach author Ian McEwan at the Electric Palace, Bridport PICTURE: Brendan Buesnel

'I couldn't imagine filming it anywhere else': At special preview, Ian McEwan speaks of bringing On Chesil Beach to the screen

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DISCOVERY: Regent Cinema programmes display of All Over Town with David Tucker, Mary Howard and Margaret Rose Picture: LYME REGIS MUSEUM

'This is a glimpse of a bygone age': Post-war cinema programmes discovered

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The Trick Factory, Bridport.

Wheels in motion for town skatepark campaign

Natalie Manifold, from Raymonds Hill, is running Jane Austen Tours of Lyme Regis. She is pictured here in regency dress on Lyme's Cobb (S)

World famous author's Lyme links

FUN: Participants at the In The Band Jam Session, image by John Puckey

'A great success': First children's festival hailed

AT THE SCENE: The location of the collision on the A356 outside Beaminster

Updated

Two-vehicle crash near Beaminster

FUNDRAISING: Ryan, Matt and Ben from Bennetts Mechanical Services, with customer Joanna Kuligowaska-Kasperek

Clippers out for Cancer Research: Mechanics brave the shave

Bridport Charter Fair - Rex Trevett Big Band playing in Bucky Doo Square - 040715, Picture GRAHAM HUNT HG13281.

Bright future for historic Charter Fair as event revitalised

Undated Handout Photo of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, from River Cottage Light & Easy by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, published in hardback by Bloomsbury. See PA Feature FOOD Fearnley Whittingstall. Picture credit should read: PA Photo/Handout. WARNIN

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall set to fight obesity crisis in new TV show

A public consultation launched by PCC Martyn Underhill to gain an insight into Dorset residents’ views on the drink drive limit has found that a majority of people would like to see a lower threshold introduced.

Public backs plans for new drink drive limit

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Views showing the proposed site of extractino from Imerys in Wareham.

Have your say on plans to expand quarry

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New police chief for county force

Meet Dorset Police's new Chief Constable

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Holidaymakers and visitors ignoring cliff fall danger safety signs and walking and exploring the rocks under the dangerous and unstable East Cliff at the seaside resort of West Bay Picture: GRAHAM HUNT PHOTOGRAPHY

'This is very dangerous': Families spotted climbing on unstable cliffs

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BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833).Pic: SaveDinahsHollow/BNPS..An ambulance on an blue-light call got stuck for 30 minutes due to a controversial traffic experiment to divert big lorries through a sleepy village...Paramedics were on their way to a patient in an em

'Village of the jammed' residents hit fundraising target to take legal action over HGV "mayhem"

Dorset Magic - View of Abbotsbury Swannery and The Fleet from Abbotsbury Hill - 100613, Picture GRAHAM HUNT HG10885.

Dorset's £2.5 billion economic contribution from its environment

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Almost half of the Dorset population are suffering from back pain. Picture credit should read: PA Photo/thinkstockphotos.

Dorset is suffering from a back pain epidemic says charity

Dorset civic chiefs step in to curb child abuse risk. Photo: Press Association/PA Wire.

SHOCKING: Hundreds of children across Dorset in care after neglect or abuse

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Hot Club of Stonehouse

Sultry hot club sound coming to town

Dorset County Council

REVEALED: The £900k redundancy pay-off for county council staff

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BUMPY DRIVE: The conditions of the county's roads are improving. PHOTO: Press Association.

Roads improving in Dorset despite £600k despite post-Beast pothole bill

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CELEBRATION: Wessex Military Band and members of the RAFA at Bucky Doo Square on Easter Saturday PICTURE: Jennifer Dixon

Commemorating the sacrifice of our RAF heroes

Thousands of schoolchildren have missed more than 19 days of secondary school across Dorset. Photo: Press Association/PA Wire.

"Children only get one chance at an education": Figures reveal thousands of pupils absent from school

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Warning after large landslip on Jurassic Coast, image by Katie Smith

WATCH: Warning after large landslip on Jurassic Coast

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Letter: Is the planning department interested in serving the public?

Letter: Is the planning department interested in serving the public?

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Picture: ITV

Broadchurch actress nominated for Bafta award

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PICTURE POSED BY MODEL ..File photo dated 25/4/09 of a man in a hoodie holding a knife. Fatal stabbings in England and Wales are at the highest level since the start of this decade, official figures show. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday Febr

REVEALED: Homicide rate in Dorset doubles in the space of two years

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Percy Carlyle Gilchrist

How Dorset chemist changed history

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Aldi, Chickerell Road, Weymouth, 07/03/18, PICTURE: FINNBARR WEBSTER/F19533

REVEALED: Supermarket chain set to open new outlets and create hundreds of jobs

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The number of convictions for Knife Crime have increased for the third year running. Photo Credit: (Katie Collins/PA).

'TERRIBLE THREAT': Knife crime cases are up again in Dorset

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New footage has revealed the shocking driving of one campervan near Compton Abbas in North Dorset.

WATCH THE VIDEO: Police probe after footage shows motorhome barge car off road

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A TV licence costs £150.50 per year.

Crackdown on people in Dorset without a TV licence

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South Walks House, where the meeting was held

Delay over bid for alpaca farm - as concerns raised over viability of business

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More than 80 drivers in Dorset are still on the road despite having enough points to rack up a driving ban.

More than 80 drivers on the road over 12 points across Dorset

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NEW TITLE: Kate Scott with her latest children's book Giant.

Children's authors set for signing session

SECURED: Bridport Cohousing have finally been able to purchase land near Bridport Hospital

"We won!": Campaigners' joy after nine-year battle for affordable homes ends in success

Subway has unveiled it's expansion plans for Dorset. Photo Credit: PA Wire.

Fast food chain set to create hundreds of jobs in Dorset

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Hedgeheog sign.

Anger erupts after attempt to 'sabotage' environmental campaign

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Image of Station Yard car park in West Bay by John Gurd

West Dorset District Council announce car park resurfacing plans

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Thousands of drivers across Dorset are aed over 90, new figures from Confused.com show. Picture: Confused.com

Record number of drivers over 90 taking to Dorset's roads

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Pope's Seat at Sherborne Castle

Poet's special place in Dorset castle gardens

Pictures show the conditions of the hens at the farm near Blandford Forum.

REVEALED: Investigation launched after footage shows horrific conditions experienced by hens on poultry farm

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ON PATROL: PC Dinsdale, PCC Martyn Underhill and PCSO Tom Balchin

Rural beat: Police commissioner joins countryside crime team on patrol

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Coastguard called to incident

Coastguard called to assist despondent female at beach

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Artists impression of the completed site at Bank and Ridge Farms in Chickerell.

Hundreds of homes set to be approved...as average house price in Dorset rises to £311,000

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Snowplough in rural Dorset by Tria Stebbing

Chaos hits South Dorset as final blast from the mini Beast strikes

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H Leslie Satchell

RAF MEMORIES: Pilot recalls pouncing on German planes for an aircraft dogfight

PO Harold Fraser English

How Canadian pilot who survived a Dorset crash landing was killed

Mitch Benn

Make the world a better place with musical satirist Mitch Benn

CELEBRATE: The school held a 50th birthday tea party at school, to celebrate being on this site for 50 years

Double celebration as school marks milestone birthday and successful Ofsted

HERITAGE: Weymouth's Holy Trinity Church

Sign up to show off Dorset's heritage: Architectural heritage week now open for registration

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