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Find weather, things to do, opening times, roadworks and more.

Weather

The Met Office forecasts it will be cloudy with highs of 8 degrees.

Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise: 08:05

Sunset: 16:32

Things to do today

• Enjoy a champagne breakfast at The Thimble Inn • The mayor's fundraising Big Dorset Midwinter Ceilidh takes place today

In case you missed it

West Dorset MP Chris Loder 'deeply embarrassed and humiliated' by Downing Street parties

Attraction opening times

Dorset Museum: 10:00 - 16:00

Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum: 10:00 - 16:00

The Keep Military Museum: 10:00 - 16:30

The Teddy Bear Museum: CLOSED - opens March 2022

The Tutankhamun Exhibition: CLOSED

The Dinosaur Museum: CLOSED

The Terracotta Warriors Museum: 10:00 - 16:00

The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum: 10:00 - 16:00

Supermarket opening times

Tesco: 06:00 - 22:00

Co-op: 06:00 - 22:00

Lidl: 08:00 - 22:00

Waitrose: 08:00 - 20:00

Roadworks

• Flooding works are being carried out in Portesham until January. • SGN will be carrying out works in Casterbridge Road until February 11 and Came View Road until March 4, 2022 • The A35 between the football club roundabout and Stinsford roundabout will be closed until January 17 while National Highways carries out works. A signed diversion will be in place • Scottish and Southern will be carrying out works in North Square until January 17 • Jurassic Fibre will be carrying out works in Whitcombe Down Road until January 14 • Dorset Council will be carrying out works on the A352 Mount Pleasant roundabout to Came Park Road today

Cinema screenings

Plaza cinema:

Clifford The big Red Dog - 11:15

Encanto - 10:30

Spider-Man: No Way Home - 12:15, 16:00, 19:30

The 355 - 19:00

West Side Story - 14:30

Licorice Pizza - 16:30, 20:00

Save The Cinema - 13:30

Scream - 15:00, 17:45, 20:30 Odeon:

Scream - 18:00, 20:45

Spider-Man: No Way Home - 12:45, 15:00, 16:30, 18:30, 20:00

Clifford The Big Red Dog - 10:30, 13:00, 15:30

Encanto - 10:00, 12:00

The Gruffalo + The Snail and The Whale - 10:10

Fun fact of the day

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