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Page last updated at 15:31 GMT, Monday, 23 November 2009

Dorchester Fire Cadets in action
Dorset gets Fire Cadets' Schemes
Dorset Fire and Rescue Service has launched two Fire Cadets' Schemes, in Dorchester and Gillingham.

Children in Need Children in Need appeal for 2009
The money you raised for Children in Need last year has helped thousands of young people across the UK.

Mount Maunganui Have surf reefs worked elsewhere?
The firm behind Boscombe's new surf reef say it is set for success - but how have other projects fared?


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HISTORY
A preserved albino otter in the stores of Dorset County Museum County Museum
Rooms full of new donations too fragile to display
NATURE
Purbeck Vineyard Purbeck Vineyard
A dry and sunny summer produces a "bumper" crop
ARTS & CULTURE
A family from Portland, dressed as skeletons '1,000 Days' party
Portlanders celebrated the Olympic milestone

MORE THINGS TO DO
Boscombe's surf reef project
Enid Blyton's Dorset connection
New Green Energy Centres
Sand lizards on Lulworth Estate
Thomas Hardy's Dorset

BBC Autumnwatch
'Controversial' mannequin
Sherborne's Pack Monday
‘One million’ people at air show
The legacy of Reynolds Stone

BBC Headroom - What Makes You Smile? Headroom
A BBC campaign to help with life's ups and downs
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NEWS
Ferry passengers leap into sea
Wildlife concern over oil tankers
Protest held for at-risk school
SPORT
Bournemouth 0-0 Dag & Red
O'Brien to leave Dorchester Town
Full FA Trophy first round draw

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Wednesday day weather

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  • Min: 9°C
  • Wind: WSW 26mph

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  • Max: 11°C
  • Min: 7°C
  • Wind: WSW 30mph

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  • Max: 12°C
  • Min: 6°C
  • Wind: WSW 26mph

TRAVEL NEWS

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A3049 Dorset - Ashley Road closed both ways due to bridge maintenance work between Holdenhurst Road and A35 Centenary Way, in Boscombe. Expect delays

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