Dorchester breakfast briefing: What's on, weather, roadworks and more
By Lottie Welch
13th Oct 2021 | Local News
Start your day with Dorchester Nub News' breakfast briefing.
Find weather, things to do, opening times, roadworks and more.
Weather
The Met Office predicts the weather will be dry and sunny, overcast at times with highs of 16 degrees.
Sunrise and sunset
Sunrise: 07:30
Sunset: 18:21Things to do today
- Dorchester Literary Festival is currently taking place with a range of events on offer.
- Dorset Wildlife Trust's Kingcombe Centre is hosting A Celebration of Stitched Surfaces, artwork from renowned textile artists Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn
- Dorchester Market is taking place in the covered car park on Weymouth Avenue. Find a range of stalls
In case you missed it
We went to try the offerings at Dorset Museum's new café after its £16.1 million refurbishmentAttraction opening times
Dorset Museum: 09:00 - 16:30Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum: 10:00 - 16:00
The Keep Military Museum: 10:00 - 16:30The Teddy Bear Museum: 10:00 - 16:00
The Tutankhamun Exhibition: 10:00 - 16:00The Dinosaur Museum: 10:00 - 16:00
The Terracotta Warriors Museum: 10:00 - 16:00The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum: 10:00 - 17:00
Supermarket opening times
Tesco: 06:00 - 00:00
Co-op: 06:00 - 22:00Lidl: 08:00 - 22:00
Waitrose: 08:00 - 20:00Roadworks
- Salisbury Street closed - SGN is carrying out works until October 15
- Allington Avenue to Max Gate and Came View Road - Dorset Council is carrying out works until October 14
- Came View Close - Dorset Council is carrying out works until October 21
- Wynd Close, West Stafford, closed - Dorset Council is carrying out works until October 15
- Stratton Bypass - Network Rail is carrying out works until October 15
Cinema screenings
Plaza cinema:No Time to Die - 12:00, 12:30, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 19:30 (sold out), 20:00
The Addams Family 2 - 16:30, 17:00The Green Knight - 13:30, 19:00
No Time to Die - 13:00, 15:20, 16:40, 18:00, 19:00, 20:20The Addams Family 2 - 13:20, 15:40
Fun fact of the day
The original name for the search engine Google was BackRub
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