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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]

New issue of The BV

January’s issue is out now 🙂

We know, we know – we're late this month. We did warn everyone ... but we missed us too. On the plus side, it's...
Laura
News

Dorset Council budget relies on Council Tax to fund rising care costs

Dorset Council has published its draft budget proposals for 2026/27, revealing that the majority of new spending on social care and services will be...
Laura
News

The BV puzzles – January 2026

Welcome to January's BV Puzzles page – your free spot for a quick brain workout. Complete the crossword, test your logic with a classic...
Laura
Dorset Farming

Batters review dismantles the ‘0.6% myth’ and warns farming is being priced out of survival

Minette Batters’ long-awaited Farming Profitability Review, published today, delivers a forensic challenge to one of the most persistent assumptions in Whitehall: that farming is...
Laura
A Country Living

Black Pug Books

She wrangled Queen, Frost and the Rolling Stones – 50 years on Victoria Sturgess runs Black Pug Books with the same wit, grit and...
Editorial team
Dorset sport

‘I won’t give up’: Local world champion devastated by theft of race-winning bike

Sherborne’s duathlon world champion Zoe Tucker has been left “devastated” after thieves broke into her garage and stole two high-end racing bikes – including...
Laura
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Equestrian Dorset

‘The horse does all the work’

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She just sits there looking pretty, obviously. Jess Rimmer’s month has been pain, power and … pond-water. The glamour of training for 4* Anyone who...
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Local History

John Morton – the face in the roof that shaped Tudor England

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CPRE’s Rupert Hardy introduces the Dorset man who was Archbishop of Canterbury, Henry VII’s Lord Chancellor, and the deviser of Morton’s Fork If you visit...
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