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 [email protected]

Dorset community news

Mind the gap – why North Dorset needs a technical college

No skills, no STEM, no jobs: without local training, North Dorset risks becoming a housing corridor with no future for its young people When the...
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Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show

Heavy horses and high drama at G&S Show

It’s the second Wednesday in August, so of course it must be time for the Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show. After a scorching heatwave for...
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Blackmore Vale What's on

Butterboys forever

Okeford Fitzpaine’s team marks 125 years of village football, dairy roots and generations of families who have played for the love of the game When...
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Dorset community news

Unlicensed rescues put dogs and families at risk

As dog adoptions rise we assume dog rescue centres are safe – but they’re unregulated, and as one Dorset family learned, the reality can...
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Dorset Farming

‘Flip-flopping is killing confidence’

Farming’s future demands clarity not chaos, says Minette Batters, as she warns of political drift, food insecurity and farmers close to walking away Former NFU...
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Dorset Business News

Community always comes first, says James Gibson Fleming MBE

Wessex Internet founder and rural champion James Gibson Fleming MBE says true service is just being part of something bigger than yourself He didn’t expect...
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