There are some hefty stories in The BV magazine this month; on the oil spill, raptor poisoning, the lack of NHS dentists in Dorset … Plus it’s obviously jam-packed with great photography (The pigs! The foals!) along with all the usual brilliance.
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In this issue:
- Although initial fears around the recent Poole Harbour oil spill have been calmed, eventual long-lasting effects are still unknown.
- Dorset is one of worst counties for raptor persecution, says RSPB, after poisoned birds are found. Following the successful prosecution of a Dorset gamekeeper for rural crimes, Andrew Livingston spoke to the RSPB about the scale of the issue.
- It’s now a common cry: ‘Does anyone know of an NHS dentist?’ But why is the lack of NHS dental care such an issue? Rachael Rowe investigates the problem in Dorset.
- In 2021, Brad Jones had a nightmare motorbike crash at Brands Hatch, followed by three weeks in a coma. Now he’s back on two wheels.
- For more than 30 years, Natalie Wheen was an ever-present voice on our radios, with weekly shows on BBC Radio 3, Radio 4 and ClassicFM. After a lifelong career presenting music, writer and radio presenter Natalie Wheen found it a challenge choosing just eight discs.
- Meet the Dorset woman working to preserve a British breed of pig which is rarer than the Giant Panda.
- Plus all the usual – local politics, gardening, wildife, books, the local hike (this month it’s a brilliantly easy Cranborne Chase circular from Tidpit. It was rainy and grey when we walked it a few weeks ago – it’d be a stunner this weekend in the sunshine!) and of course the always-amazing reader’s photography … Really, why wouldn’t you have a flip through?