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Is North Dorset overwhelmed with housing developments?

The fast-burgeoning rate of new housing developments in Dorset is a hot topic for many local Facebook groups – Rachael Rowe investigates You don’t have...

The BV – Digital Magazine of the Year!

We're bowled over to be a top story ourselves for a change, thanks to Dorset Biz News – The BV is now officially 'award-winning',...

The Dorset surgeon who changed the worlds of art and science

Hogarth paintings are undergoing restoration in London, but what do they have to do with a surgeon from North Dorset? Rachael Rowe reports St Bartholomew’s,...

Love Local Trust Local Awards 2022 Winners Announced

Congratulations to the winners of the Love Local Trust Local Awards 2022! The winners are as follows: Bakery Winner - The Little House Runner up - Dorset...

Wanted: Umbrellas for hymn singers (and cash for a new roof)

The village of Shillingstone is rolling up its sleeves - a huge community effort is required to save the village church Worshippers in Shillingstone could...

There’s been a complaint …

With our national newly-sanitised view of ‘Countryfile-d’ farming, complaints about animal welfare are on the increase, reports Andrew Livingston British winter is synonymous with sideways...

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Mud, foals, coats and dreams

It’s been a slog through the worst of the winter at The Glanvilles Stud, but Lucy Procter is excited to see the results of...

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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