Steve Harris Episodes Episode guide
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Wyke Regis's eye-catching poppy display
Ahead of Remembrance Sunday, one Dorset village has been putting on a show of support.
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The new benefits cap which could result in some Dorset families being evicted
A new 拢20000 a year limit on benefits comes into effect today.
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1 in 4 British parents fears teaching religion to their children; we hear reaction from the Archdeacon of Sherborne
Those figures are according to a new study from the thinktank Theos.
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98% of responses to a public consultation about new houses in Purbeck opposed the plans
The council now has to go back to the drawing board.
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As the full Ironman race is cancelled in Weymouth for 2017 we hear from the event organiser
There were complaints about road closures during 2016's event.
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50% of children in Dorset's nurseries don't have access to a qualified early years teacher
The charity Save The Children says those children will do less well at school.
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We're live on Weymouth beach on the morning after a protest by dog owners
Hundreds of dog owners turned out to voice their opposition to a longer dog ban.
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The village near Blandford where residents want the speed limit cut before lives are lost
The speed limit in Winterborne Houghton is 60mph; some villagers want that reduced.
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We look ahead to the royal unveiling of a new statue of the Queen Mother in Poundbury
Our reporter's on the scene as the Queen visits Dorchester.
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The Dorset council looking at ways to restrict second home ownership.
Purbeck has the 9th highest rate of people with second addresses in the country.
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The Dorset respite provider that's could close if it can't find a new home
Wimborne Respite Club has been told it can no longer meet at the Hanham Centre
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The "exceptionally high amputation" rate for people in Dorset with diabetes
We hear from a Weymouth diabetic who says more needs to be done to prevent amputations.
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Dorset's new 拢5m museum, and the two sites in the county added to the Heritage At Risk register
We take a tour around Kimmeridge's new Etches Collection
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20/10/2016
Live from Dorset, Steve Harris starts the day with local, national and international news.
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Unions have called for changes to a Portland Academy to be delayed
In January IPACA will become part of a multi academy trust.
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The campaign to save a caf茅 in Studland will address The National Trust's AGM this weekend
1800 people have signed a petition to save Middle Beach Caf茅.
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We hear from the lawyer of a Dorset mum with leukaemia whose sister has been refused entry to the UK
May Brown's sister wants to donate stem cells to her.
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Portland's IPACA has been issued with a government warning over the state of its finances
We've learnt there are still concerns about the financial health of the academy.
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The number of reported rapes in Dorset has more than doubled in the past five years. We try to find out why
Linda Lewis from Dorset Rape Crisis Support Centre joins us on the show.
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We report on unhappiness on Portland as IPACA moves towards becoming part of a national multi-academy trust
Our reporter Laurence Herdman covers the changes at the Portland academy.
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Our political reporter's live in Brussels to give us the Brexit picture from the heart of the EU
We hear from reporter Tristan Pascoe live in Belgium.
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On World Mental Health Day, a Dorset woman talks about the "big dark place" that depression takes her to
Jackie Lawson, an occupational therapist, tells us how depression affects her.
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Former Brexit Minister and Dorset MP on whether our departure from the EU will be "hard" or "soft"
We hear from West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin on the day he's knighted.
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06/10/2016
Laurence Herdman sits in. Live from Dorset with local, national and international news.
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We cover a dramatic rise in the number of ambulance staff in Dorset being bullied, threatened and attacked
Nearly 700 South Western ambulance staff have been threatened on duty.
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Could the Conservative party conference be returning to Dorset?
Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood's hopes of bringing the conference back to Dorset.
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The Bournemouth principal "disgusted and angry" at a local bus company
Peta Moffitt hasn't had 拢800 back since a coach she'd booked failed to arrive in April.
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30/09/2016
Laurence Herdman sits in. Live from Dorset with local, national and international news.
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29/09/2016
Laurence Herdman sits in. Live from Dorset with local, national and international news.
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28/09/2016
Laurence Herdman sits in. Live from Dorset with local, national and international news.