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 Farming

The last cut for local meat

When small abattoirs close, farmers lose options, animals travel miles and rare breeds, food miles and the ability to sell truly local meat are...
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Dorset community news

Swap barbecues for picnics, fire service urges countryside visitors

With British Summer Time in full swing and warmer days drawing people to Dorset and Wiltshire’s heathlands and outdoor spaces, Dorset & Wiltshire Fire...
Editorial team
Dorset Politics

When silence becomes complicity

Good to see a tremendous turnout for the London protest on Wed 4th June, when protesters dressed in red surrounded Parliament, holding a huge...
Editorial team
Dorset Walks

Beautiful North Dorset – Pulham via Holwell | 8 miles

Gorgeous, easy-going circular walk, almost no hills at all, but a LOT of the famous Dorset hedges - be ready for lots of wobbly...
Laura
News

Trevor Carsbrook

12th April 1946 - 18th May 2025 Formerly of Blandford Forum Dorset. Passed away at his daughers home in Newbury Berkshire after a short illness, surrounded...
Editorial team
News

New bus services roll in for North Dorset – just weeks after local backlash

In March, The BV was the only news outlet in the county to report on a damning House of Commons inquiry which ranked Dorset...
Laura
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Equestrian Dorset

Toots settles into the Fox-Pitt yard with Freebie, Jago and new boy Taran

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New columnist Toots Bartlett can’t hide her excitement as she leaves home to move into William Fox-Pitt’s yard near Sturminster Newton, buys a horse...
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Local History

A cruel father found guilty in 1905

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Southern Times and Dorset County Herald - Saturday 07January 1905Charles Stay, a tramp, was charged with wilfully exposing three children, Charles, 16, Elizabeth, 11...
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