Dorchester breakfast briefing: What's on, opening times, roadworks and more
By Lottie Welch
5th May 2022 | 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 forecasts it will be cloudy with some sun and highs of 18 degrees.
Sunrise and sunset
Sunrise: 05:37
Sunset: 20:37
Things to do today
- Raising Voices: Women and the Justice System is taking place at Shire Hall
- A Virus a Day exhibition of textile art is on display at Dorset Museum
- Enjoy a cycle ride with a loop around Dorchester and Moreton
In case you missed it
Dorchester school's first Dorset Knob throwing event a success - as world record nearly broken
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: 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: 10:00 - 17:00
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
- Dorset Council's programme of surface dressing works has begun. Find out more here
- White Way in Litton Cheney will be closed until May 6 while Scottish and Southern Power Distribution caries out works
- Burton Road will be closed Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 3.30pm until June 17 while Dorset Council carries out works
- Openreach will be carrying out works from Monkeys Jump roundabout to the junction below Alington Place until May 5
- Openreach will be carrying out works on the A35 from the junction with the B3150 to the start of the dual carriageway
Cinema screenings
Plaza cinema:
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - 11:30, 15:30, 19:00 (subtitled), 19:30 (sold out)
Downton Abbey: A New Era - 13:00, 16:30, 20:00
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - 13:30, 17:00
Operation Mincemeat - 12:00, 15:15
The Lost City - 20:30
Odeon:
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - 12:30, 14:00, 15:45, 17:15, 19:00, 20:30
Downton Abbey: A New Era - 13:30, 16:30, 19:30
Fun fact of the day
The area Crossways is built on was once an RAF airfield which served an important part in World War II being a major fighter base during the Battle of Britain
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