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Barchick - The Henry Root

14.07.11
It's a bar based on the author of The Henry Root letters. If you haven't read them, do... more

Teenage arsonists are blamed for heath fire that raged for 12 hours

10.06.11
A fire broke out on Upton Heath in Poole, Dorset, yesterday sending flames shooting 40 feet into the air... more

Lord Downton takes his seat

13.01.11
The creator of the hit ITV1 drama Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes, 61, is one of three new Coalition peers to take their seats in the Lords... more

Prince Charles’s Indian Poundbury

11.01.11
Prince Charles offers to create a “model village” in India similar to Poundbury to give slum-dwellers a new life... more

Happy New Year for £1m Premium Bond winner

04.01.11
A woman living in Dorset has won £1 million in January's Premium Bond draw... more

Courtney Love asks Keith Richards' son for addiction help

24.11.10
Courtney Love has contacted Keith Richards' son to ask him for help with her "addictions"... more

Father and son are found dead at their home

19.08.10
Man and a young boy found dead at a house in Dorset after father's life 'broke down bit by bit'... more

Camping and culture

20.05.10
Luxury camping and babysitting mean festivals have now become full-blown holidays... more

Bigger fish to fry: From City trader to fisherman

04.03.10
When one City trader lost his six-figure job he found a new lease of life on the ocean wave. Lydia Slater meets a capital fisherman.... more

Body found on beach

04.12.09
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Where to eat in Shoreditch

17.09.09
You should go to Saf at least once if only to appease the spirit of discovery and Green & Red is home to rather good Mexican food ... more

Escape to Thomas Hardy's Dorset

24.07.09
Crumbling coastlines, dense forests and homity pie: a weekend on Thomas Hardy's family farm is more fun now than it was then... more

'War grave' found during work on Olympic relief road

11.06.09
Archaeologists discoverd a "war grave" while carrying out a dig on the site of the new Olympic relief road to Weymouth... more

Rare chance to see classic Tolpuddle film

20.04.09
The 175th anniversary of the Tolpuddle martyrs' struggle for union rights is to be marked this week with a rare showing of a classic film on the story... more

Three friends killed in car smash on gap-year trip

19.03.09
Three British gap-year students have been killed in a car crash in South Africa... more

Off the record: Summer's back on

13.02.09
Last year music festivals struggled with poor line-ups and horrible weather — but 2009 is already looking like a great excuse for a party.... more

Five to try: Doing Something Right

28.01.09
Zafferano is a reliable option, try Indian Zing and board the happy ship at Terroirs.... more

Downturn stock takes to the web

29.10.08
Internet: A bag of boxing mitts, LCD TVs and digital cameras are among the goods being flogged on a host of websites capitalising on the economic downturn by selling off excess and bankrupt stock... more

A ripping read: book on London's worst street of crime

21.08.08
London's most crimeridden street is chronicled in a new book... more

High winds blamed for arrival of poison jellyfish

13.08.08
Swarms of poisonous tropical jellyfish are invading British beaches, warn marine experts... more

My battle to rescue Britain's magical butterflies, by Emilia Fox

26.07.08
One of her fondest memories is running through the garden looking for butterflies. Now Emilia Fox hopes to help make the enchanting creatures of her childhood thrive in our country once again.... more

Ready for the festival season?

14.03.08
With little to choose between the line-ups, it's the added extras that will count at this year's festivals. David Smyth guides you through the best summer festivals.... more

So when does a pub stop being a pub?

26.09.07
The quality of food at The Only Running Footman is at least the equal of the posh English restaurants.... more

Critic's choice: New Year's Eve jazz gigs

28.12.06
Jack Massarik picks five groovy jazz gigs to see in the New Year and riff you into 2007.... more


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