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Weather

The Met Office forecasts it will be cloudy with highs of 12 degrees.

Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise: 08:04

Sunset: 16:03

Things to do today

• Explore the colourful world of David McKee at theElmer and Friends exhibition in Dorset Museum • The Moreton Walled Gardens Christmas trial continues • Explore Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens while they are illuminated • The Poundbury Christmas craft trail is taking place until December 23

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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: CLOSED

The Tutankhamun Exhibition: CLOSED

The Dinosaur Museum: CLOSED

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

• Friary Lane will be closed from the junction with B3150 High East Street for around 30 metres until December 17 due to scaffolding • Flooding works are being carried out in Portesham until December 18 • SGN will be carrying out works in Casterbridge Road until February 11 and Came View Road until February 23, 2022 • Scottish and Southern Power Distribution will be carrying out works in Salisbury Street until December 14 • Openreach will be carrying out works in Cambridge Road until December 13, South Court Avenue until December 14 and Edward Road and Alexandra Road until December 15 • Wessex Water will be carrying out works in London Road until December 16 • Dorset Council will be carrying out works in North Street, Charminster, today

Cinema screenings

Plaza cinema:

A Boy Called Christmas - 13:30, 17:15

Clifford The Big Red Dog - 13:00, 16:15 (Subtitled)

Encanto - 12:30, 16:45

Ghostbusters: Afterlife - 20:00

House of Gucci - 19:00

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City - 20:30

West Side Story - 12:00, 15:45, 19:30

Odeon:

West Side Story - 13:00, 16:30, 20:00

Clifford The Big Red Dog - 14:30, 17:00

Encanto - 14:45

House of Gucci - 19:30

Ghostbusters: Afterlife - 20:30

Spider-Man: Homecoming - 17:30

Fun fact of the day

Over the past 200 years, 1,670 shipwrecks have been recorded off the Dorset coast, of which more than 400 have been located.

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