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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...

It’s Open Farm Sunday!

There's still time to find the nearest farm to you that has thrown open its gates (and fields and barns and tractor sheds...). Check...

Clayesmore Classic & Supercar Sunday is back!

Last year’s inaugural Classic & Supercar Sunday blew everyone’s socks off with 180 drop-dead gorgeous classic and supercars exhibiting in the blazing sunshine at...

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Henry’s Big Night

From fainting goat to star pupil – Sir Henry Hall’s masterclass debut with Harry Meade proves a winter training triumph November has been much quieter...

The woman who talks to her loom

Debby Kirby’s loom has sung through Walford Mill for 40 years as she weaves her hand-dyed silk into luminous accessories and wall art You can...

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