There are signs of spring in abundance at Moreton Gardens. Sharp green shoots are stabbing through dark soil and buds are fit to burst. These pretty, formal gardens, in the tiny village of Moreton ...

A train driver who suffered nightmares after hitting a goat on a railway line has been awarded £35,000 compensation, it was learned today.

At Selby Gardens, illustrator John Pirman spotted two girls scaling the massive Moreton Bay fig tree next to the Children’s Rainforest Garden.

Five secret gardens in Dorset will soon be opening their gates allowing visitors to enjoy the flora and fauna of the spring and summer seasons.

The Moreton Estate is one of only two in Dorset that have remained in the same continuous ownership for so long. The family history and the landscape are inextricably linked, unlike the “new ...