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

By Lottie Welch

14th Jan 2022 | 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 forecasts it will be sunny with highs of 8 degrees.

Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise: 08:07

Sunset: 16:29

Things to do today

• Find out more about Dorchester's underground tunnels with David Taylor • Have a laugh with The Comedy Network this evening • Explore Hardy's Birthplace and Thorncombe Woods with a wellbeing walk • Free senior social at Pavilion in the park[.L]

In case you missed it

Dorchester schoolchildren to plant almost 1,000 trees at King's Road playing field

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

Cinema screenings

Plaza cinema:

Spider-Man: No Way Home - 12:30, 17:00, 19:30

The 355 - 16:00, 20:30

The King's Man - 15:30, 20:00

The Matrix Resurrections - 16:30, 19:00

West Side Story - 11:45

Odeon:

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

The 355 - 17:45, 20:30

Clifford The Big Red Dog - 15:15

The Matrix Resurrections - 16:30

The King's Man - 20:00

Fun fact of the day

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