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A wooden gate on a dirt track. There are signs for Stonehill Down Nature Reserve, and signs about keeping dogs on leads. Green sloping hills are in the distance.

Dorset's Big Picture: Sunday's image of the county

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

A very old stone bench is perched on a clifftop among long grass, looking onto the sea. The rest of the coast stretches away below, and off into the distance.

Dorset's Big Picture: Saturday's image of the county

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

A Victorian pier snakes out into the sea. On the horizon are cliffs covered in a patchwork of fields. In the foreground, there are large boulders.

Dorset's Big Picture: Friday's image of the county

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

Two rainbows can be seen, one much brighter than the other, ending in the sea. There is a lone walker on the beach which is flanked by a row of wooden benches. Cliffs can be seen in the background alongside several houses.

Dorset's Big Picture: Thursday's image of the county

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

A panoramic view of the countryside with a patchwork of fields and trees stretching to the horizon. In the foreground a path can be seen winding round the side of a hill covered in green grass. The sun is setting casting a golden glow across the left-hand side of the shot.

Dorset's Big Picture: Wednesday's image of the county

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

More than 20 foxhounds clamber over each other to go over the top of a fence into a wood. Two riders in traditional hunting gear are nearby.

Hunt master and assistant guilty of illegal fox chase

Two members of the Portman Hunt were filmed by hunt saboteurs allowing hounds to chase a fox.

A dozen hounds stand on grass next to a mounted huntsman wearing a traditional red coat. The face of the huntsman - from the Portman Hunt - cannot be seen.

Hunt riders failed to stop fox pursuit, court told

Drone footage of two hunt members showed no apparent attempt to control hounds, a court hears.

A dozen hounds stand on grass next to a mounted huntsman wearing a traditional red coat. The face of the huntsman - from the Portman Hunt - cannot be seen.

Fox hunting case dropped against ex-hunt master

A charge of fox hunting against a former hunt master is dropped on the first day of his trial.

20mph sign

Green light given for 20mph zones

Several towns and villages across Dorset are now able to implement the lower speed limits.