Category: News

All the latest news from the monthly digital Blackmore Vale magazine. Collected from across the Blackmore Vale and Dorset.

News rounds ups of the most popular features, and important local news items between issues.

We endeavour to bring you news that is important to you. Things that are hapening on your doorstep, things that affect your daily lives.

We aim to provide interesting articles and reports on subjects that are both intersting and informative.

The Blackmore Vale magazine news section is kept fresh and up to date by our local reporters and news desk items.

If you have a news story tah you think is worth sharing, then get in touch with the editor on editor@theblackmorevale.co.uk

Dorset Art

Dennis Chinaworks celebrates 30 years of art pottery

An artist’s life from fashion to ceramics – for more than 60 years, Sally Tuffin has been at the forefront of British design. By...

Editorial team - 5 November 2023

News

Flash flooding devastates Sherborne’s Old Yarn Mill

Businesses in Sherborne’s old Yarn Mill face uncertain future after devastating floods, but the community rallies to support recovery efforts ‘I think I have lost...

Editorial team - 5 November 2023

News

Wyatt Homes’ Blandford-Pimperne development approved

‘Sad day for democracy’ as planners ignore neighbourhood plans and approve development on AONB, outside Blandford bypass It was ‘a sad day for local democracy,’...

Editorial team - 4 November 2023

Dorset community news

Steve’s Goodwood quarter century

Presented with Motorsport UK’s 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award, the ‘legless marshal’ looks back at 25 years at Goodwood and calls himself lucky “Give me Goodwood...

Editorial team - 12 October 2023

News

Travelling 11,000 miles from Sturminster Newton to … Bridport

In a journey of oddly familiar exploration, Cllr Pauline Batstone is on the other side of the world visiting old names with very new...

Editorial team - 11 October 2023

Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show

Cat Harris – the first female show secretary at the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show

New secretary and West End events pro Cat Harris is set to inject fresh energy into the show, while keeping its agricultural heart and...

Editorial team - 11 October 2023

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Village turns out to cheer their European Champion Ruby Else-White!

LauraHitchcock - 18 April 20240

Early in April, Stalbridge's Olympic hopeful, 17-year-old Ruby Else White, travelled to Croatia for the EUBC Youth European Boxing Championships in Poreč. Fighting in...