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Gaping holes in roofs of terrace after fire - rubble from the building in centre spills onto street.

Fire-ravaged cafe not safe for fire investigators

The fire engulfed the café on South Street three weeks ago.

Geoff, a man with grey hair in a wheelchair with blue wheels. He is waiting on a pavement to cross a road. In the foreground is a road sign which reads: "Maumbury".

Wheelchair user praises junction change plans

Geoff said the changes will make life "considerably better".

A relief sculpture on a ceramic cremation vessel decorated with a gladiator fight between a secutor and retiarius, Colchester, 2nd century AD.

The real gladiators of Britain revealed

The gladiators of Roman Britain feature in the touring exhibition, starting at Dorset Museum.

A large fire on a pile of metal that is contained in a constructed wall. The scene is dark.

Firefighters tackle 15 tonnes of burning scrap metal

Multiple crews from Weymouth and Poole attend a blaze at a scrap metal yard in Dorchester.

A row of festive tractors driving down a street at night. They are covered with brightly coloured Christmas lights and people are watching from the pavement wearing hats and coats.

Tractor run helps young people's mental health

More than 100 tractors travel around Dorset towns and villages for mental health charity.

Gaping holes in roofs of terrace after fire - rubble from building in centre spills onto street.

'We tried to stop fire spreading down the street'

Windy conditions saw the fire quickly spread through roofs along the terrace.

A litter of white fluffy puppies in a cage. They are bunched together, and one clings to the bars with its paws.

Father and daughter sentenced for illegal dog breeding

Ebony and Michael Membury made more than £34,000 during their unlicensed activities.

Smoking timber and pies of charred rubble spread along the ground from a building in the centre of a brick terrace.

Thomas Hardy building lost in fire

The building, which was "important" in the novelist's history, has been gutted by fire and fallen.

Glow of fire in middle of collapsed building in terrace.

Cafe partially collapses as fire engulfs building

The fire has swept through a cafe and spread to neighbouring buildings, the fire service says.