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The world’s best Olympic windsurfers are heading to Weymouth & Portland for the Musto iQFOil World Championship for a high-speed showdown on one of world sailing’s most iconic stages.
Expect epic, head-to-head battles featuring Olympic medallists, World Champions and rising stars – ...
Medal Glory for Sam and Jake at the Special Olympics
Andy Senior reporting.
In June 2026 Sam Craddock visited the Keep 106 studios to tell us about how he had qualified to take part in The Special Olympics at Birmingham.
Sam and his teammate Jake have returned from the Special Olympics ...
Community invited to hospital’s Annual Members’ Meeting
Dorset County Hospital is inviting members of the local community to its Annual Members’ Meeting (Annual General Meeting) on 29 September from 5pm to 6.30pm.
The meeting is being held in the hospital’s Education Centre at the Williams Avenue site ...
Free activities across Dorchester with weekend to celebrate towns heritage
Every September thousands of venues and volunteers across England organise events to celebrate our fantastic history and culture. It’s your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences – all of which are FREE to explore. Dorchester ...
Two of our three senior local Non-League Football teams will go into the draw for the next round of the FA Cup following victories on Saturday
Dorchester beat Brixham away, and Weymouth travelled to Twerton Park to lock horns with ...
The Marsh Sports Festival coming soon
After years of wishing to spread his passion in sport, Weymouth Town Councillor Alex Fuhrmann says he has found the time to organise the Marsh Sports Festival with a range of sporting activities planned for Sunday 20th September at ...
Appeal for information and dashcam footage following report of spiking in Weymouth
Police officers investigating a report of a spiking in Weymouth are appealing to anyone with information to come forward.
Dorset Police received a report that a woman aged in her 20s had been spiked at a venue in The Esplanade ...
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Below are the next 5 upcoming events. There’s much more in the Local Events Diary…
Fri 3 Apr to Sun 1 Nov
Fire Flood Frost exhibition
Location: Beaminster Museum, Whitcombe Road, Beaminster, DT8 3NBA rare 18th century fire engine – once the town’s frontline defence against disaster – is the star of the show of Fire Flood Frost. New for 2026, the exhibition brings to life the extraordinary story of how Beaminster and surrounding communities battled flames, floods and freezing winters long before emergency services. Admission free.
Contact: Beaminster Museum | Web | MapSat 12 Sep
Piddletrenthide Pantomime Horse Racing
4:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Location: The Manor House, Piddletrenthide, DT2 7QXLive pantomime horse racing. There will be four races with four panto horses competing in each race. The winner of each race will compete against each other in the Manor Classic. Fun event with bar, food (pizza, burgers & hot dogs, coffee & cake). There will also be a tote (cash only) and not forgetting the Ascot Style hat competition (£50 prize to the winner)! Free parking! £5 entry U15s free.
Contact: Piddletrenthide Community | 07789 862242 | Email | Web | MapSat 12 Sep
Choral Evensong
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Location: St Peter’s Church, High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1XAYou are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 12th September at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Dubra’s ‘Ave Maria I’, Richard Seal’s ‘Preces & Responses’, Stanford’s ‘Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in C’ and Bainton’s ‘And I saw a new heaven’. The service is free to attend and is followed by a glass of wine.
Contact: Music at St Peter’s | 01305250719 | Email | Web | MapSun 13 Sep
Phil & Bonnie Bounder 6k & 10k charity run through woodland
9:30 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Moreton Village Hall, Moreton, DT2 8RECharity trail run in memory of Phil Carpenter and Bonnie Christopher who lost their lives to cancer. Entry £18 for 10k and £11 for 6k with discounts for affiliated runners. Money raised will be for Bonnie’s Last Wish for Suffering Donkeys and Mosaic who offer support to children and young people who have been bereaved. Prizes for winners and medals and goody bags to all entrants.
Contact: Weymouth St Paul’s Harriers and Athletics Club | 07977 219306 | Email | Web | MapMon 14 Sep
An Afternoon of tabletop games
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location: PIP Cafe, St John Way, Poundbury, DT1 1FGCome and join The Oddfellows for an afternoon of table top games. Come and play or learn to play: Scrabble, Upwords, Bananagrams, Rummicub, mah jong, Cribbage and much much more at PIP cafe on Poundbury. This is a free event. Refreshments including homemade cake.
Contact: The Loyal Hand in Hand Lodge of Oddfellows | 07788436797 | Email | MapOn demand, at your convenience
Portland Museum – reflecting the dramatic history of the isle
Featuring dinosaurs, fossils, shipwrecks, smugglers and much more, Portland Museum, located near Rufus Castle and Church Ope Cove, has a fascinating collection of artifacts reflecting the history of a distinctive island community. Rob Hughes and Andrea Frankham-Hughes, trustees of ...
Hold Your Horses! Piddletrenthide Gets Ready for its Panto Race Night
In the current, changing economic climate, where village amenities are disappearing all the time, the residents of Piddletrenthide are making their own fun and raising much-needed funds for the village church in the process. The Hold your Horses event ...
Countryside Matters 67, 31.08.26
Jake Shaw-Sutton of small Cornish company Robotriks and his team are perfecting a robotic device designed to locate and pull up poisonous ragwort – a wild plant that’s excellent for insect life but not for livestock – particularly horses! ...
She Belongs Here – a free confidence community for women based in Dorset
After years of shrinking herself in corporate life and standing outside rooms she was always meant to be in, Amy Miller built ‘She Belongs Here’ from scratch. A growing community of women who are done waiting to feel ready ...
Dorset Council marks Merchant Navy Day
Dorset Council marked Merchant Navy Day with a ceremony on September 3rd at the memorial area outside County Hall in Dorchester. The event began with an opening prayer led by Reverend John Yarrien, superintendent minister of the Dorset South ...
A chat about the Community Association of Poundbury
Joining Andy Senior in the studio was Zoe Bell from The Community Association of Poundbury which was launched as a volunteer-led initiative in 2025. The association was created to inform, signpost, and celebrate all about Poundbury and what’s happening ...
