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Teachers continue to strike over shared leadership plan across North Dorset schools

Industrial action escalates at Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton High Schools, as union leaders warn of damaging impacts to students and staff. SAST defends restructure...
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equestrian

When dressage meets a speed round

Working Equitation welcomes every horse – part dressage, part obstacle course, all excitement, and possibly the most inclusive equestrian sport While The Sass Queen is...

Beefy courses and blue skies at Kingston Maurward

A beautiful park, well-designed undulating courses and a warm welcome for cobs with fabulous moustaches at the British Eventing weekend As far as settings for...

Basil goes to Bramham

DORSET HISTORY

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Dorset Food & drink

From saviours to scapegoats

Open Farm Sunday was a huge success, with around 3,000 people visiting the farm for a day of education and enjoying local, home-made (additive...

Wildlife & farming

Summer butterflies

From peacocks to painted ladies, discover and where to find Dorset’s most delicate, dazzling insects in their full seasonal glory Nothing quite captures the essence...

Warm welcomes and cold realities

Open Farm Sunday drew 3,000 visitors to Rawston Farm, but the shadow of TB returns with fresh tests ahead for James Cossins t Rawston Farm...

Calling all farmers – is regenerative agriculture right for you?

Have you been to the Groundswell Regenerative Agriculture Festival recently – or know someone who did? Maybe you're starting to wonder what it's...

From saviours to scapegoats

Open Farm Sunday was a huge success, with around 3,000 people visiting the farm for a day of education and enjoying local, home-made (additive...
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July’s BV is here 🙂

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Editor's special picks for July: Eddy Scott is back in Dorset – and just four months after being blown up and losing two limbs in...
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A COUNTRY LIVING

In the company of bees

From CPR on the kitchen floor to spinning honey in a shed, Stephen Toop found peace, healing and purpose in beekeeping on a Dorset...

Big bad wolf proof

Tracie Beardsley meets sustainable builder Phil Christopher, championing a straw home revolution and defying the big bad wolf It would have been a very different...

Forever fronds

A binding narrative

From farm to festive feast

dorset walks