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Filming taking place at Winspit Quarry. Crews are gathered around the site, with old ruins visible.

Star Wars filming impact on heritage site studied

Dr Rebecca Harrison is looking at how the Andor series affected Winspit Quarry.

The pavilion - with black horizontal planks and white window frames and vertical supports - in the park with lavender plants and a clipped hedge outside. A footpath runs in front of the pavilion with houses and the beach seen in the background.

Sea-view pavilion set for restoration work

A plan to demolish the pavilion overlooking the Jurassic Coast was reversed following a campaign.

A large house with a manicured garden sits close to the edge above the sea with more houses further inland and nearby hedges and trees and a road.

House left teetering on clifftop after rockfall

The property, on the Jurassic Coast, is now only 40ft (12m) from a 400ft (121m) drop over the edge.

Grass-topped cliffs with golden face and large pile of rocks sprawling across the beach with waves lapping

Cliff collapse blocks Jurassic Coast beach

A vast pile of rubble from the cliffs collapses onto the beach between West Bay and Freshwater.

A shingle beach with a sea wall with a town built behind it. The photo is taken from up the cliff, looking down on the town. The town is on an island and the sea can be seen in front of and behind it.

Concerns over sea defence plans for Unesco beach

Residents have launched a petition against plans for a rock revetment on the beach.

White rockfall and large boulders pour down from grassy cliffs to the edge of the sea

Boulders falling from cliffs prompts beach warning

Several large boulders have fallen from cliffs at the site of a previous landslip at the beach.

A man eating a nettle in the front of the image and a man with a beard in the back of the image looking at the table where the nettles are both men are wearing earrings and vibrant shirts

Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

The World Nettle Eating Championships was among our most read stories this week in Dorset.

Carmela smiling at the camera and wearing a blue Julia's House t-shirt. She has long brown hair in a ponytail.

Martin Clunes sends video to superhero fundraiser

The actor sends his support to Carmela, 10, who is trekking 100 miles of the Jurrassic Coast.

Tent by cliff edge

Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

A story about a tent pitched on a clifftop was among our most read stories this week in Dorset.