Volunteers at a heritage museum have celebrated an "exceptional" year with a 50 per cent increase in visitors. The Purbeck Mining Museum, near Norden, has experienced this surge in numbers thanks to ...

A dog has been rescued by coastguard teams after falling 120ft (37m) off the edge of a cliff onto a rocky beach. Swanage ...

Heritage rail enthusiasts braved windy weather on New Year's Day to mark the start of a landmark anniversary year for ...

A man who drove diesel trains to Swanage in the dying years of the Purbeck branch line has had one more drive on a 53rd anniversary.

In 1885, the ten-mile branch line railway linking Swanage and Corfe Castle with Wareham, on the main railway line to London, was first opened to ...