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DORSET WELCOMES BACK ITS COFFEE CULTURE

Before lockdown, on average we were buying three drinks from a coffee shop each week, spending over £10 billion in coffee shops yearly -...

A Giant Solar Farm

From Mappowder’s Parish Chairman, David Horrell (This month we broke the rules, and have two stories on the same subject - the CPRE choose their...

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED RAILINGS!

They were put up as a temporary safety measure in August 2019, but it looks like the orange railings eyesore surrounding Sturminster Newton Town...

Mum Cries as Ill Toddler Gifted Her Princess Shoes

It was a horribly familiar hot sinking feeling as Carla Charalambides was told in the Blandford branch of Clark's Shoes that the voucher for...

Caring for Monkey World’s Primates Through Covid-19

Although the gates to Monkey World have been closed for the majority of this past year, the centre has still been bustling with activity!  The...

The Swanage Railway – keeping the days of steam alive.

Featuring assigned and socially distanced seating, Covid-safe steam trains have resumed between Norden, Corfe Castle and Swanage – after the lifting of Government restrictions....

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Never been to the races? Me neither…

My first visit to a racecourse – on a windblown and wet November day in Wincanton – wasn’t at all what I expected, says...

Winter birds to watch out for

Think winter’s a quiet time for wildlife? Hamish Murray from Dorset Wildlife Trust says otherwise – from firecrests to spoonbills, this is birdsong season After...

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