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Studland is set to benefit from a share of £4.1m in National Lottery funding for the conservation of threatened sand dunes.

Image source, N Chadwick

The National Trust, which manages the area and will receive the cash, said dunes were under threat from invasive scrub "which overshadows open areas loved by rare species such as sand lizards".

James Swindlehurst's appointment follows the resignation of Sohail Munawar on Tuesday night over claims he forwarded a pornographic video to colleagues.

More than half of care home beds in some parts of England, including Portsmouth, are in homes rated poor or inadequate, analysis of figures has shown.

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In six areas people needing care have more chance of moving into a poorly rated care home than a good one.

Age UK said older people and their families were being "badly let down".

The National Care Association said the care sector faced a number of challenges but there was no defence for poor care.

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Image source, Pentti Lintujärvi

A man from Finland has successfully contacted a BBC Local Radio station after he picked up its FM signal.

Unusual atmospheric conditions helped Pentti Lintujärvi hear Radio Oxford on his Sony FM receiver earlier this year.

After identifying it as the station Mr Lintujärvi got in touch with the BBC via email with a recording attached to confirm it was definitely the station.

It reached presenter Charles Nove, who said it was "a bit scratchy, but unmistakably our station".

Mr Lintujärvi lives in Väärinmaja - a village about 150 miles (240km) north of the Finnish capital Helsinki - and enjoys "dxing", which means listening to broadcasts from distant radio stations.

He has heard nearly all BBC local stations on medium wave over the years but said capturing one on FM was "something special".

The causeway, made of rounded river pebbles, limestone and chalk rocks, has ruts left by cartwheels.

An entire road of homes has been decorated with festive lights by a man who really loves Christmas.

Ged Hollyoake, of New Milton in Hampshire, started the tradition of working with his neighbours to decorate their homes 13 years ago.

This year, hundreds of people turned up in Byron Road to see the switch-on of the lights, which have gained international prominence in recent years.

Mr Hollyoake has raised about £50,000 for charity and the lights attract thousands of people across the festive period.

A jury has retired to consider its verdicts on a former PE teacher who is charged with sexually assaulting teenage girls.

Richard Hilary, 66, of Droxford, is accused of 14 counts of sexual assault against five girls at the Wavell School in Farnborough and at Winchester Athletics Club.

Winchester Crown Court was told Mr Hilary gave massages and took baths with the "highly impressionable" teenagers in the 1970s and 80s.

He denies all of the charges against him.

A 91-year-old man bought a £3,500 cruise holiday for himself and a stranger within minutes of meeting her in a pub.

John Mason, from Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, met Vera Burrell, 90, when she stopped for lunch on a coach trip.

He said he needed a companion for the voyage because he was unable to read the ship's cabin door numbers and menus.

Image source, John Mason

Ms Burrell, from Sudbury, Suffolk, said she was "stunned into silence" by the offer.

The pair said they have become friends after the 12-night voyage in October.

BBC Radio Solent

With the nation’s big brands releasing blockbuster Christmas adverts, our team in Dorset have had a go at making one for BBC Radio Solent...

Music by BBC Introducing Solent artist Emily Denton - Hold you near (for Christmas)

Appearances by New Hardy Players Naomi and Olivia (playing the mum and daughter), Barry and Chrissy White (playing the couple) and Honey the dog.