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How is digital technology preventing ill health in Dorset?

With capabilities not even imagined in 1948, the NHS is leaping forward with technology not just to heal, but to prevent and manage. Rachael...

WIN a cheese lovers delight at the Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival!

*** THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED *** Brimming with excitement for a perfect blend of crafts, food, music, and more? Or are you simply mad...

The 2023 Community Chest is open

The independent family-owned Dorset brewer, Hall & Woodhouse, has launched its 22nd Community Chest Awards. Applications are open for charitable organisations to seek support...

‘UK fibre provider of the year’ – Wessex Internet wins TWO national awards

Blandford-based Wessex Internet has been named the national 'UK Fibre Provider of the Year' in recognition of its exceptional achievements in the broadband industry....

County Show charity is close to chair’s heart

Show chair Nicki Ralph is glad Dorset County Hospital Charity is Charity of the Year – her gravely ill husband ‘would not be here...

Stalwarts of Sturminster Newton – reflecting on 50 years at Candy’s

The family-run newsagents celebrates its half-century, surviving industry shifts, local changes – and personal losses ‘How are all the children? They must be grown now...

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In the stable, not the spotlight

Jackie Potts on the quiet graft, deep knowledge and sheer love of horses that built one of Britain’s most respected grooming careers Not many people...

Dorset’s Henry Maidment: the story behind a 150-year-old plea for help for a Dorset veteran

As Armistice Day approaches, we pause to remember the sacrifices of those who fought for their country. Yet we know that some veterans, like...

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