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A smiling Judith Boichot. She has grey hair and is wearing a multicoloured scarf.

Samaritans volunteer made MBE in King's honours

Others to receive honours include a bus company managing director and a retired senior nurse.

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 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 stately home with three floors and built between 1663 and 1665 sits in the centre of the photo with a green lawn in front of it and steps leading up from the lawn to the house. Some white benches stand to the right of the house and an old tree is in the foreground of the shot.

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

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Dorset.

Hayley Jones sitting at her kitchen table with a pile of paperwork from the case in front of her. Behind there are buckets in the kitchen to catch water leaking from the ceiling above.

Government boiler scheme 'nightmare' causes flooding

Hayley Jones says shoddy work under a government scheme led to water leaks in her bathroom.