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The Inca trail with Parkinson’s
** Regular readers will remember 47-year-old Child Okeford resident Matt Riggs who had been diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s. We spoke to him last summer...
Book Corner
Family forger who faced the noose found in the ‘R’ box
It was a cardboard archive box in a London library that stopped Rachael Rowe in her tracks.‘I pulled out this packet of papers labelled...
Dorset community news
British Under 18 Taekwon-Do champion returns to teach
‘I loved it, and it was my life. It was absolute life.’As a teenager in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Taekwon-Do wasn’t a...
Dorset community news
Dorset showcased at Westminster
Dorset’s food, drink and heritage were promoted in Parliament at the end of February during a special Westminster showcase hosted by the county’s two...
News
Four years on, and Ukrainian refugees face uncertain times over visas
Four years after fleeing Kyiv, Olena Andrusenko has built a fragile new life for her family in Dorset, now shadowed by uncertainty
‘We live in...
Dorset community news
Sturminster Newton tops Dorset’s town tax list
Dorset already ranks among England’s highest council tax area – as bills rise again, sharp variations in parish precepts prompt fresh scrutiny
As council tax...
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