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Red Arrows, Swanage Carnival, Mudeford RNLI funday - the weekend in Dorset

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  • Weather forecast is unsettled for the weekend, with experts saying it's impossible to predict whether the rain will stay away
  • Friday was the first of Bournemouth's firework displays over the pier, with lots of entertainment in the gardens in the run up to the display
  • The Kings Hotel hosted a Live on the Lawn on Saturday event at Christchurch bowling green in aid of the bowling club
  • Swanage Carnival and Regatta starts on Saturday, with police warning of very heavy traffic on Sunday, when the main procession takes place and the Red Arrows will be displaying
  • More than 100 stalls will be part of the Milton Abbas Street Fair in Blandford on Saturday
  • Mudeford is hosting an RNLI funday on Sunday
  • The London 2012 Olympics is being celebrated with a sports festival at Poole Park on Sunday, with more than 20 sports to try out
  • Also this weekend, a family from Christchurch will be docking after a three-year, round-the-globe circumnavigation
  • And at the Stable Home Family Trust at Bisterne, the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car will be at the Trust's annual summer fair

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