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Weather

The Met Office forecasts it will be cloudy with highs of 9 degrees.

Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise: 08:07

Sunset: 16:05

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 • Dorchester Country Market will be at United Church, South Street • Enjoy an evening of food and entertainment with a murder mystery at The Club House • View artwork from artist Julian Bailey at Bean on the Green • Swing into Christmas with Five Star Swing

In case you missed it

What a success! Date set for 2022 Dorchester Christmas Cracker which will return as all-day event

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: 10:00 - 16:00

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 January. Goose Hill will be closed until December 17 and a signed diversion will be in place

• SGN will be carrying out works in Casterbridge Road until February 11 and Came View Road until March 4, 2022

• Scottish and Southern Power Distribution will be carrying out works in Salisbury Street until December 17

• Openreach will eb carrying out works on A352 Came Park Road to Main Road, Broadmayne until December 17

• Jurassic Fibre will be carrying out works in Syward Road until December 21

Cinema screenings

Plaza cinema:

A Boy Called Christmas - 11:30, 17:15

Clifford The Big Red Dog - 11:00, 13:30

Encanto - 10:30

Ghostbusters: Afterlife - 20:30

Spider-Man: No Way Home - 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00 (sold out), 20:00 (sold out)

West Side Story - 15:00, 19:00

Odeon:

Spider-Man: No Way Home: 10:00, 13;15, 16:45, 19:00, 20:15

West Side Story - 16:15, 19:45

Clifford The Big Red Dog - 11:30, 14:00, 16:30

Encanto - 10:30, 13:30

Fun fact of the day

The 1st Earl of Shaftesbury is believed to have introduced the cabbage into England in 1539; his statue features a carving of a cabbage in the church of Wimborne St Giles

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