It's been such a lovely sunny weekend, we expect most of you spent it outside. Here's a round-up of what you might have missed.
The suggestion that bringing Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole together to make the "Greater Manchester of the South" sparked a bit of a debate amongst our commenters.
Saturday night's Speedway Grand Prix was abandoned amid some controversy. Reports suggested the riders no longer wanted to compete on a poor racing surface following falls for Poole Pirates star Chris Holderand Troy Batchelor, as well as a close call for world champion Greg Hancock.
Faith Eckersall explained why Hillary Clinton as president would send an unequivocal message to the women - and men - of the world that women are not second class citizens.
We announced the first two acts to play the Grooves on the Green festival, as voted for by you.
Andy Mitchell has rounded up the "what ifs" of the crucial last few fixtures of the football season.
We revisited a story from 78 years ago, of an eight-year-old from Poole who was such an expert shoplifter police though they were dealing with a professional. He spent all the money on sweets, of course.
A 23-year-old was killed in an accident on the Old Sherborne Road near Dorchester.
A body was found in the hunt for a kayaker who went missing in the Solent on Saturday night.
A Rolls Royce and a Lotus were destroyed in a garage fire on Saturday morning.
POLICE arrested a man following a daylight bank robbery in New Milton on Thursday, although they are still looking for three men over a robbery at Bath Travel on Friday.
A MAN has died after being found unconscious at a Royal British Legion club in north Dorset last weekend.
SERVICES to the Channel Islands on the new Condor Ferries Liberation were cancelled on Saturday due to strong winds, although the Rapide ferry was able to run as usual.
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