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 community news

Bring a shovel … and maybe a flak jacket

When Okeford Fitzpaine Parish Council was quoted £10,000 to clear a blocked waterway, councillors feared it would sink their budget. After several sharp intakes...

7 September 2025

Days Out in Dorset

Dorset County Show 2025

The Dorset County Show was, frankly, brilliant today – sunshine, crowds, beautiful livestock, exciting acts, aisles of shopping … it was the perfect show...

6 September 2025

Dorset community news

Joan of Park(run)

Four marathons, a secret world championship gold and still racing at 87 – Blandford’s Joan Royal proves running isn’t just for the young ‘I think...

6 September 2025

Dorset community news

Unearthing the Anglo-Saxons of Iwerne Minster

A cemetery of Saxon burials lies hidden beneath a Dorset village – and it is revealing stories reaching back more than 1,200 years It’s not...

6 September 2025

Dorset community news

Planning isn’t fair – but your views can make a difference

Dorset’s future is being drawn up now – and unless residents speak up, crucial local knowledge and concerns will be left out of the...

6 September 2025

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...

1 September 2025

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Equestrian Dorset

Weaning a Thoroughbred Foal

10 September 20211

It’s September, and the first lot of early foals born in February and March have turned five months and are weaned and roaming their...

Blackmore Vale What's on

Dorchester to host war poetry weekend

31 October 20250

Dorchester will mark Remembrance weekend in 2025 with a major War Poetry Conference, exploring the human cost of war through the words of Thomas...

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