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Dorset community news
Dorset army cadet wins the Westminster Award
Charlotte Bedford, a 17-year-old from Wimborne, has been named the nation’s top army cadet – recognised in Parliament for her kindness, grit and leadership
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Dorset community news
The Dorset GP crisis no one wants to talk about
With fewer doctors and shrinking budgets, Dorset GPs are seeing more patients – and behind those busy surgery desks the strain is showing
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Dorset community news
Council tax bailiff referrals in Dorset up 5,000% … sort of
New BBC data shows Dorset’s council tax bailiff cases soaring – but the bigger story is rising debt, tighter recovery, and families caught in...
Dorset Charity
Poverty in Dorset’s hidden corners
From heating bills to hospital trips, costs across Dorset are leaving many isolated and quiet poverty is growing, warns Jon Sloper
While most of us...
News
Letters to the Editor November 2025
This month, I bought a pair of trousers. They are both comfy and flappy.This may not sound like headline news, but trust me –...
Dorset Business News
Wessex Internet – how one man’s frustration reshaped rural Dorset
This year marks 15 years since Wessex Internet first began connecting rural communities to reliable full‑fibre broadband: first just across Dorset, before stretching into Somerset, Wiltshire...
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