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

Dorset Business News

Greenwashing land grabs

The Grumbler – the open opinion column in The BV. It’s a space for anyone to share their thoughts freely. While the editor will...

9 February 2025

Dorset community news

When the last bank leaves town

When the last bank leaves town: rural communities must adapt to the rise of online banking and the loss of local branchesLast week I...

9 February 2025

Dorset community news

Where has all the water come from?

From closed roads to poonamis, we know North Dorset’s flooding is getting worse – Rachael Rowe asks what’s causing it (apart from more rain)The...

8 February 2025

Dorset community news

Shaftesbury aid worker Eddy severely injured by kamikaze drone in Ukraine

Edward Scott has survived a drone attack while delivering humanitarian aid in Ukraine, where he has been volunteering since October 2022.Sometimes, the war in...

8 February 2025

Dorset community news

Same bikes, new mission

Giles and Annie Henschel’s return to the Mediterranean highlights the crisis facing olive farmers and the resilience that is keeping hope aliveIn March 2024,...

12 January 2025

Dorset community news

‘We’re here to make life better’

Terry Bennett talks to West Dorset’s first Liberal Democrat MP, Edward Morello, who is still negotiating the Westminster jungleWhen Edward Morello walked into Westminster...

11 January 2025

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The circle of stud life seasons

7 September 20220

As weaning begins for this year’s foals, the stud begins to focus on sales, says Lucy Procter of The Glanvilles StudAugust has disappeared in...

Dorset community news

Yeovil’s new breast cancer unit

13 March 20250

After a five-year fundraising campaign led by Yeovil Hospital Charity, the new Maple Unit – Yeovil Hospital’s first-ever stand-alone, purpose-built breast cancer unit is...