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Poole quay at night in the mist. There are large floodlights over cranes and the light is reflected in the water of the harbour.

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

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

A fairly sunny day overlooking a body of water. A pier runs down the right-hand side with a canoe-like boat floating on the water on the other side.

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

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

A light mist hangs over a harbour with a bridge seen in the distance and a motor boat in the foreground. The sea is calm with a light grey sky overhead.

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

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

A mound of rubbish burns brightly in the middle of a road in front of houses and wheelie bins.

Discarded batteries cause second bin lorry fire

A mound of waste bursts into flame after a bin lorry crew spotted smoke coming from the vehicle.

A close-up of a goat with brown and white fur. It also has two curved horns and big floppy ears. It's standing in front of a gate. Behind it you can just about make out the sea in the distance.

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

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

The sun is just rising over the sea creating an orange glow in the sky. The beach itself is still in darkness and two lone joggers are about to run out of the picture.

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

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

There is a wide path down to the beach with large stones and boulders lying on the ground. The path opens up on to a sandy beach where the waves are lapping gently on to the shore. A hazy sun is low in the sky.

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

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

A large pile of rubbish dumped by the side of the road as a small fire burning on part of its surface. The rubbish is multicoloured and largely appears to be discarded plastic

Recycling lorry dumps waste after battery fire

Fire crews extinguish a blaze caused by discarded batteries catching fire in a recycling vehicle

A Google image of the bend on the A35 where the crash happened. The bend is on the top of a rising section of the road, which is a single carriageway.

Man jailed over crash death on New Year's Day

Joshua Craven hit an oncoming vehicle after speeding in a car with inadequate tyres, police say.