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Dorset County Show 2025

The Dorset County Show was, frankly, brilliant today – sunshine, crowds, beautiful livestock, exciting acts, aisles of shopping … it was the perfect show...

Joan of Park(run)

Four marathons, a secret world championship gold and still racing at 87 – Blandford’s Joan Royal proves running isn’t just for the young ‘I think...

Unearthing the Anglo-Saxons of Iwerne Minster

A cemetery of Saxon burials lies hidden beneath a Dorset village – and it is revealing stories reaching back more than 1,200 years It’s not...

Planning isn’t fair – but your views can make a difference

Dorset’s future is being drawn up now – and unless residents speak up, crucial local knowledge and concerns will be left out of the...

The Official Dorset County Show Magazine 2025

The countdown is on – the Dorset County Show returns on 6th & 7th September, and we’re delighted to bring you the official pre-show...

Dorset Council reveals draft Local Plan – 50,000 new homes by 2040

Dorset Council has published its Local Plan Options Consultation 2025, setting out where thousands of new homes, employment land, traveller sites – and even...

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Grand National hopes and bargain buys

From winter floods to first past the post, Chris Wald sees perseverance paying off as the Tizzard team looks ahead to Cheltenham and Aintree We...

Ceramicist turns studio idea into business

A West Dorset ceramicist has established a new studio business near Charmouth, combining product sales with workshops as part of a deliberately diversified start-up...

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