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Osman Sharif Major search for fisherman ends
A search for a missing angler off the Dorset and Hampshire coast involving coastguard and police helicopters is called off.
SPORT
League Two Barnet 1-1 Bournemouth
Bournemouth lose the lead in League Two after Brett Pitman has a second-half penalty saved at Barnet.
NATURE & OUTDOORS
A colony of bees can number 60,000 bees in the summer months Dorset beekeepers 'on the rise'
The number of people keeping bees in Dorset is increasing, and may be in response to media reports that the bees are 'under threat'.
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Fake Christmas tree 'vandalised'
Council postpones schools review
Landslide causes long rail delays

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Flower urges Pietersen patience
Lakeside and Poole in rider swap
Weymouth skipper joins Dorchester

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The Guide: Weekend things to do
Dorset gets Fire Cadets' Schemes

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Volunteers give beds to homeless
Boost for disused rail route path


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tree o'clock It's Tree O'clock
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HISTORY
The Herrison Hospital building - taken in November 2009 Herrison Hospital
A look back at the Dorset County Asylum in Charlton Down
RELIGION & ETHICS
Carlotta carving her pelican sculpture Pelican carvings
Stonemasons have created ornate carvings at Corfe Castle
ARTS & CULTURE
Dorset author, Christopher Nicholson Hardy fan up for award
An author nspired by Thomas Hardy has been shortlisted for an award
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