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]

Dorset community news

£35,000 success secures future of William Barnes Archive

Work to preserve and open up the William Barnes Archive will begin this November, following a major fundraising success by the William Barnes Society....

10 November 2025

Dorset community news

Dorset army cadet wins the Westminster Award

Charlotte Bedford, a 17-year-old from Wimborne, has been named the nation’s top army cadet – recognised in Parliament for her kindness, grit and leadership The...

8 November 2025

Dorset community news

The Dorset GP crisis no one wants to talk about

With fewer doctors and shrinking budgets, Dorset GPs are seeing more patients – and behind those busy surgery desks the strain is showing From the...

8 November 2025

Dorset community news

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...

8 November 2025

Dorset Charity

Poverty in Dorset’s hidden corners

From heating bills to hospital trips, costs across Dorset are leaving many isolated and quiet poverty is growing, warns Jon Sloper While most of us...

8 November 2025

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