BBC News - Dorset

19 May 2013 Last updated at 04:54 ET

Former rail line footpath extended

A new three-mile section of footpath built on the former Somerset and Dorset railway line opens.

Freedom parade for frigate's crew

The company of a Royal Navy frigate take part in a freedom parade through the borough which bears its name.

WWII bombing memorial to be unveiled

Bombing victims killed during a World War II air raid in Bournemouth are to be commemorated by a memorial plaque.

Male swan 'adopts' another's eggs

A male swan at Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset "adopts" the eggs of another swan whose mate had died.
Speedboat driver 'wore no kill cord'
Firm fined for asbestos breaches

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A3066 Dorset - A3066 Beaminster Tunnel in Beaminster closed in both directions between the B3163 Clay Lane junction and the B3164 junction, because of a landslip and emergency repairs.

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