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]

Days Out in Dorset

Dorset’s grand salute to rural life – the 2023 Dorset County Show

It was all change this year for the Dorset County Show – James Cox, the Show Secretary who breathed new life into the Gillingham...
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Local History

The mysterious journey of AlanTuring’s documents, from Sherborne to America – and back

An astonishing tale of undercover archivists, FBI involvement and the triumphant return to Britain of the stolen Turing documents “He does not seem to have...
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Blackmore Vale What's on

Ukrainian dance company’s “infinity tour” comes to North Dorset

Stranded in the west after the Russian invasion, Kyiv City Ballet is on a never-ending tour and will stop off in Shaftesbury in October In...
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Dorset Art and Antiques

From desperation to media sensation – how one Tweet saved Anna

Anna Hamilton’s quiet social media plea turned into an overnight sensation, shifting her from financial despair to overwhelming success “I hate doing this, but I...
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Blackmore Vale magazine death notices

Looking back | Roger Guttridge – 5th May 1950 to 8th August 2023

Readers of The BV will be saddened to hear of the death of Roger Guttridge, the Dorset writer and local historian whose articles have...
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Dorset County Show

The official Dorset County Show pre-show magazine is here!

We have been bursting to share the news that we have been working closely with the County Show team to produce the first official...
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Equestrian Dorset

Never been to the races? Me neither…

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My first visit to a racecourse – on a windblown and wet November day in Wincanton – wasn’t at all what I expected, says...
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A bee utopia on Pentridge Hill

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From a wild hilltop to a suburban garden, Jane Adams watches the quiet lives of Dorset’s snow leopards: the ashy mining bee From Pentridge Hill,...
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