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A hand up, not a handout

It’s not the scroungers: Courtenay Hitchock talks to Carole Jones about the families, carers and key workers all turning to the Vale Family Hub When...

Letters to the Editor July 2025

s it just me, or has time developed an alarming habit of folding itself in half when you’re not looking?All week, every conversation seems...

July’s BV is here 🙂

Editor's special picks for July: Eddy Scott is back in Dorset – and just four months after being blown up and losing two limbs in...

Dorset’s Wessex Internet secures £50m national investment to connect rural homes, farms and community groups

Wessex Internet, the independent broadband provider founded on a family farm in North Dorset, has announced a major funding boost that will significantly expand...

MBE for Wessex Internet founder James Gibson Fleming highlights four decades of community and charity commitment

James Gibson Fleming has been named in the King’s 2025 Birthday Honours List, awarded an MBE for services to charity, community and business. Though well...

Record-breaking fundraising total for Dorset’s Teddy Rocks Festival

Teddy Rocks, the award-winning Dorset music festival dedicated to fighting children’s cancer, has announced a record-breaking fundraising total for its 2025 event, held at...

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Charles Church, master of the equestrian portrait

From washing dishes in Newmarket to Royal commissions, leading equestrian artist Charles Church answers the 19 random questions Interview by Sally Cooper Charles Church’s reputation as...