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A trail of nine stiles …

From Marnhull stone to Enid Blyton, Stourton Caundle’s stile trail celebrates community spirit, rural creativity and our local footpaths When a broken stile was repaired...

A hand up, not a handout

It’s not the scroungers: Courtenay Hitchock talks to Carole Jones about the families, carers and key workers all turning to the Vale Family Hub When...

Letters to the Editor July 2025

s it just me, or has time developed an alarming habit of folding itself in half when you’re not looking?All week, every conversation seems...

July’s BV is here 🙂

Editor's special picks for July: Eddy Scott is back in Dorset – and just four months after being blown up and losing two limbs in...

Dorset’s Wessex Internet secures £50m national investment to connect rural homes, farms and community groups

Wessex Internet, the independent broadband provider founded on a family farm in North Dorset, has announced a major funding boost that will significantly expand...

MBE for Wessex Internet founder James Gibson Fleming highlights four decades of community and charity commitment

James Gibson Fleming has been named in the King’s 2025 Birthday Honours List, awarded an MBE for services to charity, community and business. Though well...

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Chris Wald’s insider’s guide to Team Tizzard at Cheltenham

We have been so lucky to finally enjoy some spring-like weather over the last couple of weeks – it always comes as a welcome...

It’s the Hoosiers! 90s favourites head to Blandford for Teddy Rocks 2026

The award-winning Teddy Rocks Festival has unveiled its first wave of acts for 2026, with The Hoosiers confirmed as Saturday headliners – marking ten...

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