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 editor@theblackmorevale.co.uk

News

Right tree, right place, right reason … wrong tree, wrong place, wrong reason?

A forestry plan on farmland near Stourhead is proving contentious with the local community – Fanny Charles heard from both sides It sounds like a...

Editorial team - 6 January 2024

News

The BV’s Dorset Christmas Quiz 2023

1 – Is Dorset Blue Vinnya) Sparkling wine made with the water of the Blue Poolb) Traditional Dorset recipe for blueberry compotec) Veined cheese...

Editorial team - 22 December 2023

News

A new William Barnes oak tree for Athelhampton House

On a rainy Sunday at the end of November, a very special Barnes Oak sapling was planted on the gardens of Athelhampton House by...

Editorial team - 15 December 2023

Local History

The Dorset surgeon who rescued the Elephant Man and saved Edward VII

Sir Frederick Treves, who died a century ago this month, was one of Dorset’s most famous men – Rachael Rowe reports On 15 February 1853,...

Editorial team - 14 December 2023

Dorset Art

If you can hang it on a wall, we can frame it!

As Douglas McLeod Period Frames enters its fifth decade in Salisbury, Gay Pirrie-Weir finds out the essentials of the perfect picture frame You might be...

Editorial team - 13 December 2023

News

Unwrap Dorset: unique experiences to gift this Christmas

From great bustard tours to dry stone walling – Rachael Rowe presents The BV’s guide to local gifts for the person who has everything. We...

Editorial team - 6 December 2023

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Village turns out to cheer their European Champion Ruby Else-White!

LauraHitchcock - 18 April 20240

Early in April, Stalbridge's Olympic hopeful, 17-year-old Ruby Else White, travelled to Croatia for the EUBC Youth European Boxing Championships in Poreč. Fighting in...