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Trees planted to celebrate care leavers in Dorset
Council 'heavy handed' over reintroduction of staff parking charge
Gritters to hit Dorset roads ahead of winter months
Council seeks to endorse Neighbourhood Plan ahead of public consultation
Volunteers sought for youth pride event
Iconic town landmark to shine for causes of your choice
Dorset MP praises 'fantastic' town social group for gay men
New pop-up café offers community hub for asylum seekers
Adult gaming centre licence bid for Weymouth premises
Adoption agency searching for people to give a child a loving home
Fresh hopes for future of landmark pub threatened with demolition
Repair work to beach wall delayed
Petition launched to save newly built wall from demolition
Cabbies request rise in Dorset taxi fares
Archive centre to close for two weeks for 'essential' work on collections
Deputy PM under fire as council leader vents anger over incinerator approval
Confidential briefing for councillors after care home deaths
Town council honour twinning society member
Anger grows over 'disrespectful and undignified' state of cemetery
Huge project on harbour walls could lead to loss of some car parking
Harbour wall repairs delayed for a year
Major protest planned as campaigners outraged over waste incinerator approval
Village letters chopped off in hedge trim blunder
'We won't be visiting Dorset again for some time'
£28 million care facility given go-ahead for town
Town council to take control of community hub development
Neighbouring council accused of 'unwelcome Dorset land grab'
Council 'not taking legal action' against controversial incinerator plans
Councils 'collected assets with little thought or strategy'
Economic plan to focus on Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester
'No imperative for burning waste to generate electricity'
Parents 'terrified' for children's safety on school run and want lollipop man back
Claims drain clearing in Dorset has halted denied
Restaurant asks for alcohol sales licence
Town bridge 'investigative work' set to begin
New homes to be built at ex youth services building
£100,000 for Dorset to protect and conserve 'huge' water industry archives
Council bans animals from being given as prizes
Six weeks of works to improve pedestrian crossings with disruption expected
A home for wildlife or disrespectful? Views sought on overgrown cemeteries
Heart of Wessex region 'not a merger of councils'
'Not one penny of savings made' by council amid row over financial 'black hole'
Council opposes fuel allowance cut - as 'worried OAPs are sat in darkness'
Care organisation 'unlikely' to make a profit this year
Man hits out at council after silence over 'decaying' wall
Traffic calming scheme to reduce speeds along 'very busy' Dorset route
Council unveils £170 million social care housing contract
Latest planning decisions for the Purbeck area unveiled
Railway carriage café plan to serve alcohol
'It's about time': New 30mph limit proposed for main road
'Bland, boring and unimaginative' - Councillor blasts designs for 58-homes scheme
Town bestows highest honour to fundraiser after winning Pride of Britain award
More than 40 youth groups receive share of £200k fund
Latest Dorset planning decisions revealed