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High speed internet with free installation coming your way!

Wessex Internet is accelerating plans to bring fibre broadband to dozens of villages and hamlets across the Blackmore Vale in 2022. A total of 34...

What’s the point of village halls?

Are you aware of the surprising wealth of activities organised by village halls throughout the Blackmore Vale, asks Rachael Rowe. Village halls have a reputation...

Can you host a lonely and scared Afghan child?

Dorset Council is looking for people willing to foster or provide supported lodgings for unaccompanied children. In the year ending September 2021, the UK received...

This’ll be the best Sturminster Newton Christmas ever!

Goods from our local producers, shops and craftspeople are not stuck in a container – they’re here already. And our traders are doing their...

The Random 19 with actress Hermione Norris

A familiar face in the nation’s prime time drama shows, Hermione Norris’s extensive television credits include the hugely successful, long running comedy-drama Cold Feet...

The BV’s favourite Christmas traditions

Nearly everyone has one - that moment that makes you sigh with contentment, and think ‘Christmas is here’. BV Editor, Laura Hitchcock, shares a...

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How do I overwinter my elderly horse?

Owning an older horse or pony is very rewarding. They are usually (but not always!) more sensible; if still actively working or competing, they...

Osprey pair return to Dorset for fifth year

A pair of ospreys central to Dorset’s reintroduction project have returned to the county for the fifth consecutive year. Female CJ7 and male 022 –...

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