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The Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show is to become a two day show!

North Dorset's annual agricultural Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show is a beacon in the local calendar, and has traditionally been a single day event on...

Come and stride into Christmas for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance!

Come and stride into Christmas for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance! Sunday December 11th, and registration is now open. Preparations are well under way...

Much more than food

Last month, Blandford Food Bank celebrated ten years of supporting the community – and it is more needed than ever. Rachael Rowe reports Alongside.Together.Courageous.Faithworks chief...

Give a hen a home!

Ex-commercial hens are being given a happy retirement by local volunteer Haidy – do you have room for some girls? Rachael Rowe reports Haidy Mansfield...

Farmer’s son wins long-running inheritance case

A farmer, disinherited in favour of his brother after a lifetime’s work on the family farm, has won his case in the Supreme Court...

Why a Small Corner of Somerset is the Silicon Valley of Cheese

For three consecutive years, the Supreme Champions at the Virtual Cheese Awards have come from within five miles of each other. Rachael Rowe reports Cheese...

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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...

Council tax bailiff referrals in Dorset up 5,000% … sort of

New BBC data shows Dorset’s council tax bailiff cases soaring – but the bigger story is rising debt, tighter recovery, and families caught in...

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