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Dorset, UK

Joined December 2008

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · 19 h

Fires and barbecues are banned in more places and anyone camping on Studland Beach could be fined. Read more here: bbc.in/3GS4PtQ

BBCDorset's tweet image. Fires and barbecues are banned in more places and anyone camping on Studland Beach could be fined.

Read more here: bbc.in/3GS4PtQ

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · 21 h

New locations added to beach camping and fire bans bbc.in/3TUNTFS

BBCDorset's tweet card. Fires and barbecues are banned in more places and anyone camping on Studland Beach could be fined.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · 5 h

Smoke warning over two-day waste station fire bbc.in/46t5UCQ

BBCDorset's tweet card. A fire in a stack of recycling at a waste transfer station has been burning since Wednesday morning.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · 13 h

Once a Dorset knob factory, now a potential site for nine houses. 🏡 Read more here ⤵️ bbc.in/451IIcd

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · 15 h

Players announce their moves to each other and replicate their opponent's move on their own board. Find out more here: bbc.in/3Uuyxbi

BBCDorset's tweet image. Players announce their moves to each other and replicate their opponent's move on their own board.

Find out more here: bbc.in/3Uuyxbi

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · 15 h

Homes plan for factory that made Dorset knobs bbc.in/4lN1BqL

BBCDorset's tweet card. The old factory site would be converted into eight, two and three-bedroom homes if approved.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · 16 h

The owner of Parnham House wants to build 85 houses to fund the restoration of the Grade I listed stately home. Read more here: bbc.in/4mbGA8V

BBCDorset's tweet image. The owner of Parnham House wants to build 85 houses to fund the restoration of the Grade I listed stately home.

Read more here: bbc.in/4mbGA8V

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · 17 h

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council approves sale of the vacant former Borough of Poole site for £5.25m. bbc.in/40BPiF3

BBCDorset's tweet card. The complex in Poole is vacant and BCP Council says it costs £228,000 a year to maintain it.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · 19 h

Civic centre to be sold for £5.25m to developers bbc.in/3UtjTkE

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · 21 h

Housing plan to raise money for fire-hit mansion bbc.in/4f34cKq

BBCDorset's tweet card. The owner of Parnham House wants to build 85 houses to raise money to restore the stately home.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · 21 h

Skittle players explain unique flop technique bbc.in/3IHO19o

BBCDorset's tweet card. The Dorset Flop is believed to have originated in the 1970s or 80s.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · 21 h

Chess tournament for visually impaired takes place bbc.in/4f7ozpR

BBCDorset's tweet card. The Braille Chess Association is hosting a chess tournament for people who are blind and visually impaired.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · Jul 23

Recycling fire prompts warning to shut windows bbc.in/4kT0ft0

BBCDorset's tweet card. Crews from six stations have been tackling the blaze at a recycling transfer station in Hurn.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · Jul 23

Death of woman in park treated as 'unexplained' bbc.in/4lKrAiw

BBCDorset's tweet card. Police were called to Poole Park shortly before 08:30 after a woman's body was found.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · Jul 23

Council's first unified pay structure agreed bbc.in/412YC4T

BBCDorset's tweet card. Hundreds of staff at Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council have been on different rates of pay.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · Jul 23

Group with 'IQ of five' caught with 'stolen' bike bbc.in/416Q8ty

BBCDorset's tweet card. An off-duty officer intervenes after spotting the group with a bike that still had its lock attached.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · Jul 23

Alcohol licence bid for bar that had illegal workers bbc.in/4mtm7wD

BBCDorset's tweet card. Dorset Police and Immigration Enforcement asked for Chicken N Beer's licence to be revoked in May.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · Jul 23

Grass fire at quarry site was 'spreading quickly' bbc.in/4lITefS

BBCDorset's tweet card. The fire, at Bowers Quarry on Portland, spread quickly because of the dry conditions and wind.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · Jul 23

Children's services funding concerns as pilot ends bbc.in/4f9tNle

BBCDorset's tweet card. Dorset was one of three councils selected to design major reforms to children’s services.

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BBC Dorset@BBCDorset · Jul 23

Water slide application for longer summer opening bbc.in/4f2SGih

BBCDorset's tweet card. The attraction has operated since 2022 in a field beside the A31 near Corfe Mullen.

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