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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...

Dorset Chamber: don’t rinse business for Budget cash

In her speech to the House of Commons, Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out a bold vision of “national renewal”, promising an annual 2.3% real-terms...

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Cross border recycling dispute

Residents of Milborne Port are facing significantly increased travel distances to dispose of household recycling following a decision by Dorset Council to no longer...

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