Coca-Cola donates £20,000 to Swanage and Purbeck Development Trust, backing Swanage Skate Park and Herston Community Centre via The Bosses campaign.

Coca-Cola donates £20,000 to Swanage and Purbeck Development Trust, backing Swanage Skate Park and Herston Community Centre via The Bosses campaign.

Rationing, shortages and shoplifters: Britain’s corner shops have faced it all in their almost 200-year history. But behind the ready meal aisles, sweet packets and fizzy drinks, are people who rarely ...

Local author and ex-firefighter Bob Bunyar is set to release two new books, "Broken Wings Part 2" and "Military Branch Line and Sidings." ...

I recently spent a day in Swanage, a quaint seaside town on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, and it quickly became clear why so many visitors are choosing it over its more famous neighbour, Bournemouth. While ...

Walk along any British high street now and the casualties are stark: shops that were once bustling and thriving now stand empty and boarded up, some for years. But while Covid and the rise of internet ...

A postcard-perfect town on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast is quietly making a name for itself as a seaside destination that offers more than just a day on the beach. While its neighbour Bournemouth draws ...

Breathtaking clifftop views, dreamy cream teas and the best fish and chips in the world — oh, the actor does love to be beside the seaside in this Dorset town The Standard's journalism is supported by ...

Sophie Swietochowski picks out her favourites and looks at where you can stay nearby THIS year marks two centuries of rail travel in the UK – and with a government report last week unveiling the worst ...

Swanage Railway volunteer Zac Hopkins does not know how to explain his captivation with heritage railways. "There's just something fascinating about them," he said. "The sounds, the sights, the smells ...

Over the first weekend in January, the Swanage Railway will hold a ‘Winter Warm Up’ weekend starring four historic locomotives from the 1890s to the 1960s. Locomotives appearing will include London ...

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after three people were found dead at a care home in Swanage. Dorset Police said it had arrested the 60-year-old woman on Wednesday "to enable us ...