Steve Etches is among the speakers at the festival
The BBC has a story about the Fossil Festival in Lyme Regis. Lyme Regis has been hosting the event since 2005. The event features talks, shows, walks, exhibitions, interactive displays as well as a film about Mary Anning.
Top fossil hunters and palaeontological experts are gathering for an annual fossil festival on the Dorset Coast.
The Festival Lyme Regis Fossil celebrates the geological heritage of the Jurassic Coast.
It features talks, shows, walks, exhibitions, interactive displays as well as the premiere of a film about the life of pioneering palaeontologist Mary Anning.
Organiser Nick Meecham said the festival had a "really ambitious programme".
Branded as "the UK’s leading palaeontological event", the two-day festival features free family activities at several prominent locations on the seafront.
