The Blackmore Vale logo
Get The BV free - straight to your inbox monthly
Search

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 County Show

The Official Dorset County Show Magazine 2025

The countdown is on – the Dorset County Show returns on 6th & 7th September, and we’re delighted to bring you the official pre-show...
Laura
Dorset community news

Dorset Council reveals draft Local Plan – 50,000 new homes by 2040

Dorset Council has published its Local Plan Options Consultation 2025, setting out where thousands of new homes, employment land, traveller sites – and even...
Laura
Dorset community news

Mind the gap – why North Dorset needs a technical college

No skills, no STEM, no jobs: without local training, North Dorset risks becoming a housing corridor with no future for its young people When the...
Editorial team
Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show

Heavy horses and high drama at G&S Show

It’s the second Wednesday in August, so of course it must be time for the Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show. After a scorching heatwave for...
Laura
Blackmore Vale What's on

Butterboys forever

Okeford Fitzpaine’s team marks 125 years of village football, dairy roots and generations of families who have played for the love of the game When...
Editorial team
Dorset community news

Unlicensed rescues put dogs and families at risk

As dog adoptions rise we assume dog rescue centres are safe – but they’re unregulated, and as one Dorset family learned, the reality can...
Editorial team
1234...92Page 3 of 92

Popular

Dorset Politics

Exclusive: Charles Church – plus Dorset’s biodiversity crisis | BV podcast

0
The BV has an exclusive interview with renowned equestrian painter Charles Church, and Jenny sits down with council leader Nick Ireland to discuss biodiversity,...
Read more
Blackmore Vale What's on

Frome Agricultural and Cheese Show 2025

0
Frome Agricultural & Cheese Show dodged most of the rain this weekend – and when it didn’t, the marquees more than earned their keep....
Read more

Latest comments

Lois Rogers on Voice of the showground
Mark Steele on “Winter Gardens” – A talk by James Cross
Paul Goodhead on Thomas Hardy too miserable to read | Tales from the Vale
Graham Taylor on West Wincanton plans – the pros and cons
Bill W on Walk the spectacular Hell Lane Dorset | 9 miles inc. Dorset holloways

© tagDiv. All rights reserved. Momentum is a fresh multipurpose Prebuilt Website with a wide range of usability.