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 editor@theblackmorevale.co.uk

News

Robert Drewett DL Appointed President of the Royal Bath & West of England Society for 2024/25

The Royal Bath & West of England Society has announced the appointment of Robert Drewett DL as its new President for the 2024/25 term....

Editorial team - 9 September 2024

Dorset Wildlife & Animals

Bees at risk: can we stop the hornet invasion?

Asian hornets pose a growing threat to Britain’s pollinators and to agriculture – experts call for public help to stop their rapid spread by Andrew...

Editorial team - 8 September 2024

Dorset community news

David versus Goliath

Controversy in Henstridge: Council overrides local opposition and greenlights 130-home development despite safety concerns and infrastructure challenges by Rachael Rowe When 266 residents formally write to...

Editorial team - 7 September 2024

News

Dinah’s Hollow decision is ‘null and void’

Councillor lodges complaint after ‘unbelievable administrative error’ – poor communications meant invitations were not sent out for C13 meeting by Fanny Charles ‘Dorset Council has screwed...

Editorial team - 7 September 2024

Dorset Charity

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Launches Community Defibrillator Package to Save Lives

The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance (DSAA) has introduced a new community defibrillator package aimed at saving lives across the region. The initiative is...

Editorial team - 6 September 2024

Dorset Charity

West Country Landmarks to Light Up in Support of Air Ambulance Week 2024

As Air Ambulance Week 2024 approaches, three of the West Country’s most iconic landmarks – Glastonbury Tor, Wellington Monument, and Corfe Castle – are...

Editorial team - 4 September 2024

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Protecting Dorset: housing targets damagingly destructive

Editorial team - 7 October 20240

Unrealistic targets double the build rate, threaten greenfields and ignore affordable homes and local infrastructure, says CPRE’s Rupert Hardy Labour swept to power this summer...

Dorset community news

A whirlwind tour of all that’s coming up in Sturminster Newton this month

Editorial team - 5 October 20240

Pauline Batstone shares her monthly round up of what’s happening among the town’s collection of community enterprises and events As I write the Vale Pantry...