Government activates plan to protect consumers as severe drought declared in parts of England
The Government has declared severe drought in parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex.
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Rare species help Dorset nature reserve gain national recognition
Lyscombe, part of a nationally important landscape in Dorset which inspired Thomas Hardy, has become a National Nature Reserve.
Read the original storyFormer police officer’s sentence increased for relationship with abuse victim
An ex-Dorset police officer found guilty of gross misconduct for pursuing an intimate relationship with a domestic abuse victim he met whilst on duty had his sentence increased after the Attorney General intervened.
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TownOrRegionBlandford ForumPopulation 11,694 or more in the GeoNames GB settlement dataset.Visit local storefront
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