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The Matthew of Bristol Trust, the charity which owns and maintains The Matthew of Bristol Ship, has launched a recruitment drive to find two new Volunteer Trustees to help find new ways to raise funds to secure the ship’s future.
Dorset Museum & Art Gallery is delighted to announce that its Thomas Hardy Collection has been awarded Arts Council England (ACE) Designation status. This prestigious recognition acknowledges the collection's outstanding significance and its vital importance to national cultural heritage.
Hoteliers in Bristol fear a ‘tourist tax’ could do more harm than good and possibly prevent people from visiting the city – they say they need a ‘voice’ in any move to implement the charge.
St Peter’s Hospice is encouraging people across Bristol to make second-hand their first choice this September, helping to reduce fashion waste and give clothes a longer life.
The University of Exeter has marked a major milestone in its global strategy, welcoming the first cohort of undergraduate students to the Exeter-Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT) Joint Education Institute in China.
Local people are invited to be part of a major international sporting event as Weymouth and Portland host the 2026 Musto iQFOiL World Championships.
Arts and heritage organisations across Dorset are being invited to apply for funding through the latest round of Dorset Council's Cultural Organisational Revenue Support Fund.
The St Peter’s Hospice shop in Southville has been crowned one of the winners of the Charity Retail Consultancy’s (CRC) Pride Retail Display Competition, after impressing judges with a colourful display created with the help of the local community.
Bristol charity St Peter's Hospice is calling on people across Bristol to turn the city blue this October as it launches a brand new fundraising campaign encouraging communities to come together in support of the city’s only adult hospice.
A visit from Holsworthy Museum’s outreach team brought the past to life for residents of the town’s Deer Park Nursing Homewho were captivated by artefacts and photos linked to their local St Peter's Fair and the tradition of the Pretty Maid.
The Booksellers Association has welcomed Hollyhocks, a new independent romance bookshop opening in Cirencester, the Capital of the Cotswolds, on Saturday 8th August.
Ten teams recently took part in the inaugural Bristol Waiters’ Race which is now set to become a regular feature of the city’s popular annual Harbour Festival.
FIFA’s plan to sell stakes in its flagship competitions to private investors represent a “dereliction of duty”, according to a leading regulatory lawyer.
Residents of Chestnut Lodge in Yeovil have been embracing the spirit of this sunny summer with an action-packed beach day that didn’t require a journey to the coast.
Dorset communities are being given a greater opportunity to shape the decisions, services and support that affect their daily lives through a new programme of Community Conversations involving community organisations.
Year one pupils from Bridgwater’s Northgate Primary School discovered they had much in common with their elderly neighbours at Avalon Nursing Home on a visit that involved a joint end-of-term cookie-baking session.
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare and intricate polychrome mosaic within the remains of a Roman villa sitting beneath Devon farmland.
