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National Trust acquires 7km stretch of Dorset coastline

The National Trust plans to turn a seven-kilometre (4.4 mile) stretch of the Jurassic Coast into a wildlife haven after acquiring a 350-acre farm. The trust now controls Weston Farm on St Aldhelm’s Head in South Purbeck, which is home to a variety ...

28 Mar 2022 at 14:55

Sir Mark Rylance becomes patron of long-running film festival

Award winning actor and theatre director Sir Mark Rylance has agreed to be a patron of a film festival in its 27th year. The Purbeck Film Festival will screen scores of films in the coming weeks at venues ranging from cinemas and village halls to ...

10 Oct 2022 at 01:01

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Purbeck Film Festival to launch with miners strike movie Pride

A remarkable story from the bitter 1984 miners strike, telling how a group of gay and lesbian activists supported striking miners, is to take pride of place at the start of a long-running film festival, it has been announced. The 2014 film Pride,...

16 May 2022 at 01:25

£1 million project launched to restore rare peatland habitats

Work has been launched to re-wet and restore rare peatland habitats at England’s first “super” National Nature Reserve. The first phase of the £1 million Dorset Peat Partnership project is focussed on Agglestone Mire and Greenlands Mire near ...

21 Feb 2024 at 10:33

Punch and Judy performer plans to take on an apprentice

One of the few remaining seaside Punch and Judy performers is planning to take on an apprentice to make sure the show goes on. Joe Burns has completed another summer season on the beach in Swanage, Dorset, attracting thousands of fans, ...

20 Oct 2023 at 10:36

Conservationists turn back clock to graze livestock

Conservationists are turning back the clock thousands of years to graze livestock on precious heathland – just like their extinct ancestors. The Purbeck Heaths in Dorset is a rich mosaic of lowland wet and dry heath, valley mires, ...

26 May 2023 at 00:01

Sam Mendes to open film festival

Academy award winning director Sam Mendes is to launch one of the country’s biggest coastal film festivals next month. The Purbeck Film Festival will open with a special screening of his award-winning film, 1917, followed by a ...

16 Sept 2024 at 00:01

Special stunt event for young film fans

Youngsters are falling over themselves to take part in a stunt workshop as part of a film festival now in its 29th year. A special stunt Saturday will be held at the Purbeck Film Festival, giving young people the chance to ...

13 Oct 2024 at 12:17

‘Watershed’ moment as first legal wild release of beavers in England takes place

The first beavers have been released into the wild after the Government’s “milestone” decision to give the green light for their return to rivers and wetlands in England. The semi-aquatic animals – which engineer the ...

06 Mar 2025 at 11:16

Film festival set to begin with Sir Sam Mendes as new patron

Stars of stage and screen and movie directors are lined up for an annual film festival starting this week. Academy Award-winning director Sir Sam Mendes has accepted an invitation to be the newest patron of Purbeck ...

13 Oct 2025 at 00:01

Wildlife hit hard by drought, fires and heat as extremes become ‘new normal’

The UK’s landscapes and wildlife endured drought, heat and fires that gave way to downpours and floods in 2025 as extreme weather becomes the “new normal”. The National Trust’s annual review of the year for nature ...

29 Dec 2025 at 06:44

Beavers to be released at two sites in South West

Beavers are set to be released at two sites in south-west England as part of efforts to reintroduce the species into the wild. Natural England said it has issued two further licences to release the semi-aquatic ...

07 Feb 2026 at 00:01

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