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Will no one step up to save Wincanton Sports Ground?

Wincanton Sports Ground could close by the end of September, warn the trustees, if no one comes forward. Rachael Rowe reports The Blackmore Vale is...

Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show results

If you've not managed to take a look at the September issue yet, you might like a shortcut to this year's 2022 Gillingham &...

The cheese is back in Stur!

When the cattle market and the creamery closed at Stur, locals found a new way to keep the town on the map. Sturminster Newton was...

North Dorset gets the UK’s first major Project Gigabit contract

Boris Johnson’s levelling-up agenda comes to rural Dorset, bringing ‘lightning fast’ broadband and other benefits. Fanny Charles reports A £6 million contract signed with North...

What a show!  The G&S team  makes it ‘the best ever’

The first full one-day show for the new G&S team was deemed a roaring success, report Laura Hitchcock and Rachael Rowe It was a relief...

Win TEN tickets to Dorchester Literary Festival events!

To celebrate the stellar line-up of the 8th Dorchester Literary Festival this October, we’re giving away 10 tickets (worth £100) to one lucky winner.  DLF...

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The Bridleways We’re Losing – And What you Can Do About It.

How many of us have met barriers at the end of a bridlepath, usually where the Parish boundary has turned the route into a...