A fossil discovered in Dorset has been identified as a “sword dragon” marine reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs.

A near-complete skeleton found on Dorset's Jurassic coast has been identified as a new ... said study co-author Dr Erin Maxwell from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart. "The skull appears ...

You can find out more about mysterious gentleman Mr. Montefiore, who lived in Charmouth Lodge, Dorset, through a talk ...

(Editor's note: This column will be an occasional column on the history of East Dorset. If others would like to submit columns on their towns, contact editor Darren Marcy at ...

THERE'S a chance to fit in some history during your lunch break with a free informative session at the Dorset History Centre (DHC). On the last Wednesday of each month, at 12.30pm, staff at the DHC in ...

A PAIR of sisters who plunged 40ft off a Portland cliff were mistakenly reported dead on an advertising board for the Dorset Echo. The terrifying incident happened in 1925. Nita Doonan of Poole, who ...

“I went by the Druid stone / That broods in the garden white and lone,” begins the poem “The Shadow on the Stone” by renowned British author Thomas Hardy (published 1917). The author of classics like ...

A solar-powered listening post where visitors can hear radio extracts about childhood during World War Two is set to be unveiled. Children from four Dorset schools have written and recorded an ...

Affordable homes breathe new life into historic Dorset landmarks with housing developments in Chickerell and Dorchester ...