A witness reported seeing the "large dorsal fin" near the shoreline in Lyme Regis, Dorset, at around lunchtime. Pictures taken at Monmouth Beach, which spans from West Dorset to Pinhay Bay ...

The black cliffs at Black Ven - pictured here in August - are prone to rock falls A stretch of Dorset's Jurassic Coast has been cordoned off after boulders started falling on to a beach.

Dogs will have to be kept on leads on Lyme Regis' main beach between October and April Rules banning dogs from being off their leads on a Dorset beach are "unfair, discriminating and depressing ...

Affectionately known as the "Pearl of Dorset," Lyme Regis never fails to impress ... perfect season to discover iconic locales like Monmouth Beach and the bays of Lyme, where fossil hunters ...