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A Spitfire in flight

Vintage and WW2 air show cancelled for 2025

Organiser Aero Legends says the air show at Compton Abbas Airfield will be postponed until 2026.

A blue, red and yellow plane and a white and blue plane stationary at Compton Abbas Airfield. It's a sunny day and the sky is blue

Airfield runway footpath could be diverted

A councillor said that not walking across the runway "seems a very sensible safety measure".

Brian Fox in the spitfire in the sky. He is wearing a helmet with a coms system, and a green jumpsuit. They are flying above the sea, with cliffs on the left hand side.

Terminally ill grandad enjoys dream Spitfire flight

Brian Fox fulfils the top item on his bucket list after doctors gave him less than a year to live.

The Lancaster bomber flies at an angle in practice

Grounded Lancaster's comeback displays confirmed

The plane, based at RAF Coningsby, has been cleared for the Blackpool and Compton Abbas airshows.

A wheelbarrow full of brightly-coloured flowers sits in a garden with a tree on the left and a fence on the right. It is bathed in sunshine.

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

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

The sun is reflected in a pool of water. The sky is a beautiful purple colour while the rest of the picture is in darkness.

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

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

A sweeping view of green fields with trees interspersed among them as far as the eye can see under a grey, foreboding sky

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

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

The sun has just risen above the horizon and glows bright orange across the landscape illuminating bushes in the foreground

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

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

White cliffs to the left of the image sees ripples across a flat sea spreading up to the horizon where the sky is bright orange graduating up to yellow as the sun rises

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

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.