Pongal festival in Poole celebrated by Dorset Tamil Sangam

Dorset Tamil Sangam celebrated the Pongal harvest festival in Poole. Marking January 17 as a day of culture and tradition, the Pongal event drew about 200 people. Members of Poole's Tamil community ...

Dorset MP backs calls for inclusive Parkinson's research

A Dorset MP is backing calls from Parkinson’s UK to encourage more people from a wide range of backgrounds to take part in medical research ...
The Architects' Journal

ZMMA transforms Dorset’s Poole Museum

Poole Museum has been transformed by ZMMA in a £10.3 million project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and ...

Entries now open for Dorset Art Prize

The Dorset Art Prize is now open for entries. The multimedia competition, now in its 12th year, was established to inspire ...

Premier Inn in Dorset to get an extension

Premier Inn plans to add extra bedrooms to and improve the restaurant at a hotel in Dorset. The Holes Bay Premier Inn, located on Sterte Avenue, has submitted plans to add 17 bedrooms and outdoor ...
Daily Express

Upton heath fire: Poole residents told 'close doors' as massive wildfire rages nearby

06:50, Thu, Apr 3, 2025 Updated: 09:29, Thu, Apr 3, 2025 The emergency services have told residents to keep their windows and doors closed while 80 firefighters tackled a huge wildfire which ripped ...
The Independent

Huge blaze hits UK nature reserve as dry weather prompts major wildfire fears

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
SFGate

County Dorset: Far from stress of modern life

The unwavering gaze of Thomas Hardy looks out from a hilltop, affording the Victorian writer - or, rather, a statue of him - a sweeping view of the town he immortalized as Casterbridge and the rustic ...