Here are some more Dorset places you can visit on a sunny day before the crowds arrive and the tourist season proper starts ...

Visit the nesting Abbotsbury swans, during the Easter holidays. This time of year, the mute swans are making nests, laying eggs and incubating them. Abbotsbury Swannery is home to a colony of more ...

Just three in five people who set a date to quit smoking through NHS services in Dorset successfully did so last year, new figures suggest.

A 96-year-old artist who is Dorset's only member of the Royal Academy will exhibit a collection of his self portraits painted ...

Dorset County Hospital has apologised to families after child negligence claims cost the NHS £17 million in the last five years ...

A "beautiful, atmospheric" Devon town has been named among the best places to live in the South West. The annual Sunday Times ...

It's important to make the most of your Easter break; getting out and about in the Dorset countryside, discovering fantastic ...

A family-run department store is looking for former staff to help it celebrate its 250th birthday. Hatchers opened as a ...

"One of the first things we saw was them ... loyal to their roots in Dorset and use local contractors and suppliers to help with their complex builds. "We do get funny looks from clients sometimes ...