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 Charity

Over 9,000 knitted flowers transform the Museum of East Dorset for Dementia Awareness Week

A spectacular sea of handmade forget-me-not flowers has bloomed across the Museum of East Dorset in Wimborne, as the award-winning museum marks the start...
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Dorset community news

Blandford & Sturminster Ladies crown season with Vase victory

In an edge-of-the-seat final that went to the wire, Blandford & Sturminster Ladies faced Southampton University Ladies 3s in the Hampshire Senior Ladies Vase. Nerves...
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News

Wimborne’s Forget-Me-Not Factory: 8,500 flowers, one extraordinary community effort

More than 8,500 hand-knitted and crocheted forget-me-not flowers have been created by the people of Dorset as part of a community campaign led by...
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Turning 100, farming fury and a fond farewell

This episode will stay with you – from a century of stories told with grace by Jim Freer, to George Hosford’s blistering takedown of...
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News

Inspired Learning Group acquires Clayesmore School

Clayesmore School, a well-respected independent school in North Dorset, has announced it will be joining the Inspired Learning Group (ILG) from 1st September 2025. With...
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Dorset community news

Chippies caught between a cod and a hard place

Battered but not beaten – Sturminster Fish Bar’s owners on loyalty, resilience and why they’re determined to stay part of the town’s story As highlighted...
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Equestrian Dorset

The Bridleways We’re Losing – And What you Can Do About It.

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How many of us have met barriers at the end of a bridlepath, usually where the Parish boundary has turned the route into a...
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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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