Steve Harris Episodes Episode guide
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The Dorset award-winner calling for more awareness of the mental health issues that affect older people
Christina Cope cares for her mum, who's in her eighties and who has poor mental health.
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It would be "outrageous" not to exhume all human remains buried at a former Dorset prison site
Campaigners have concerns about plans for the Dorchester prison site.
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Dorset County Council Leader Robert Gould loses his seat but the Conservatives retain overall control
Meanwhile the Green Party doubled their representation from one to two councillors.
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The Dorset woman who decided to live apart from her husband in order to save their marriage
Anita Roberts' husband developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after the Falklands War.
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Weymouth opera singer Sophia Grech on being diagnosed with autism at the age of 45
Sophia believes she's the only professional opera singer in the world with the condition.
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We're live in St Ives near the home of 61 year old Guy Hedger who was killed over the weekend
The businessman was shot on Sunday in an aggravated burglary.
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Police in Dorset relaunch a major crackdown on speeding
The force is encouraging people to sign up to community speedwatch schemes.
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A homeless Dorset woman says her life has been transformed after being housed by the council
Mother of three, Claudia, was housed as part of a scheme by Bournemouth Borough Council.
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An "accelerated catastrophe". The director of Wareham's Monkey World on the issue of people keeping primates as pets
Calls for a change in the law were dismissed in Parliament were dismissed this week.
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The 10 incidents a week on a short stretch of North Dorset road making residents' lives a misery
People who live there say the C13 through Melbury Abbas isn't suitable for HGVs.
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New fortnightly bin collections start today in Bournemouth
The council says it will save around half a million pounds a year.
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People being treated for cancer in Dorset will soon get access to treatment closer to home
Work has started on a new radiotherapy unit at Dorchester hospital.
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The new 拢250m development that could be coming to Sandbanks
Planning permission for redevelopment of three hotels on Sandbanks has been submitted.
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Two serving prison officers from Portland on how they fear being attacked every day at work
We speak to the pair about overcrowding, understaffing and controlled substances.
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As Broadchurch bows out we speak to actors, extras and those who own the locations that have featured in this third series
The ITV whodunnit is filmed in and around West Bay near Bridport.
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The Dorset charity's video which aims to keep road workers safe
Safewise have teamed up with Wessex Water to warn of the dangers of careless driving
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The Dorset prison that has "failings in almost every area"
Guys Marsh near Shaftesbury has been described by as one of the worst in the country.
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We're live in Portland on the day a new berth extension's unveiled at the port
The 拢3 million project will mean some of the biggest cruise ships in the world can visit.
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The Dorset Olympic hopefuls having to ask the public for money so they can compete at international events
Jess Grimson from Bournemouth and Vicky Palmer from Poole play beach volleyball together.
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Two Dorset towns will be left without banks when Lloyds closes branches in July
The only banks in Sturminster Newton and on Portland are earmarked for closure.
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The smartphone app, developed at Poole Hospital, making a difference to the lives of epilepsy sufferers
The app has been shortlisted in the Patient Safety Awards.
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The Secretary of State for Local Government breaks his silence on the future of Dorset's councils
Sajid Javid talks exclusively to Breakfast in Dorset.
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Swanage Pier is set to receive 拢500k of government money to go towards 拢2.2m of improvements
The pier was badly damaged in the storms of March 2013.
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The Dorset spider so rare it was thought to have gone extinct for 70 years
Ladybird Spiders are getting a share of 拢4.6m to help boost their numbers.
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Less than 24 hours remain for you to have your say on the future of mental health services in Dorset
Just 800 people have responded to the consultation since the beginning of February.
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Portland's IPACA is set to become part of a multi-academy trust
In recent months IPACA has been put into special measures by OFSTED.
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News today that two trees deliberately poisoned in Bournemouth will not survive
The trees were amongst three on the town's West Cliff Green deliberately targeted.
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The Dorset couple appealing for help after two of their children are diagnosed with a rare and terminal disease
Annabelle and Robbie Hover have the condition Juvenile Batten Disease.
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The 拢200000 cost of fly-tipping to Dorset councils
Between April 2015 and 2016 there were about 4,000 cases of fly-tipping in the county.
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24/03/2017
Laurence Herdman sits in. Live from Dorset with local, national and international news.