Dorchester breakfast briefing: What's on, weather, roadworks and more

By Lottie Welch

18th Oct 2021 | Local News

Dorchester breakfast briefing: What's on, weather, roadworks and more
Dorchester breakfast briefing: What's on, weather, roadworks and more

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 grey and overcast with some rain from around 12noon, with highs of 16 degrees.

Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise: 07:38

Sunset: 18:11

Things to do today

• Enjoy a Halloween trails at Minterne Gardens

In case you missed it

Agincare founder, Derek Luckhurst, is honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award

Attraction opening times

Dorset Museum: 09:00 - 16:30

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

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

The Teddy Bear Museum: 10:00 - 16:00

The Tutankhamun Exhibition: 10:00 - 16:00

The Dinosaur Museum: 10:00 - 16:00

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

The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum: Closed

Supermarket opening times

Tesco: 06:00 - 00:00

Co-op: 06:00 - 22:00

Lidl: 08:00 - 22:00

Waitrose: 08:00 - 20:00

Roadworks

• Came View Close - Dorset Council is carrying out works until October 21

• The Monkeys Jump Roundabout will be closed overnight from 8pm to 6am from October 18 to 20. Diversions will be in place

• The A356 Dorchester Road between Maiden Newton towards Frampton will be closed until October 21 for surfacing works. The diversion is via the A35 and A3066

• Dorset Council is carrying out works on Syward Road until October 26 and traffic controls will be in place

• Wessex Water is carrying out works on Manor Road and Lucetta Lane until October 19

• The A35 from the east end of the Puddletown bypass to the junction with the B3390 the road will be closed while Openreach carries out works until October 19

• Salisbury Street will be closed until October 25 while SGN carries out works

• Dorset Council will be carrying out works in North Street, Charminster, until November 5

• Openreach will be carrying out works on West Link Road, from October 18 to 20

Cinema screenings

Plaza cinema:

No Time to Die - 15:00, 17:00, 19:00

Ron's Gone Wrong - 12:00 (babies), 14:30, 16:30

The Addams Family 2 - 13:30, 19:30 9subtitled)

Venom: Let There Be Carnage - 12:45, 16:00, 19:15

Odeon:

No Time to Die - 12:30, 16:30, 18:15, 20:00

The Addams Family 2 - 13:00

Ron's Gone Wrong - 12:45, 15:30

Halloween Kills - 21:45

Venom: Let There Be Carnage - 15:20, 18:00, 20:30

Fun fact of the day

A flock of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

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