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100 years of the Royal British Legion in Sturminster Newton

The end of WW1 in 1918 saw millions of ex soldiers returning to civilian life, many of them bearing physical and mental wounds after...

Armed police chase suspected poachers across East Dorset

A police helicopter and armed officers chased a gang of poachers across east Dorset on the night of Friday July 29th.  They were called to...

Britains Best Bangers!

Champion of Champions! A Blackmore Vale butchers shop has won one of the most prestigious awards in the meat industry for their sausages. T Buttling...

Guy’s Pitchie! Guy Ritchie opens Shaftesbury’s £500k 3G football pitch

Shaftesbury Town Council were pleased to announce Guy Ritchie as a last-minute special guest at the grand opening of the new £500k 3G football...

Okeford Hill Crop Circle in Dorset

A new Crop Circle in Dorset has appeared at the top of Okeford Hill near Sturminster Newton. Often suggested to be a paranormal phenomena,...

Simon Hoare on Foreign Aid. Rebel – and member of the new Awkward Squad.

Last week, North Dorset MP Simon Hoare was named among the new Awkward Squad by the Spectator – a reference not only to the...

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The calm before the storm

Lucy Procter, co-owner of The Glanvilles Stud, shares a diary of life on a Thoroughbred stud.This month - sales foals and poo-picking after 30...

Confessions – from Pepys to Mole

In her first Book Corner column for The BV, Victoria Sturgess from Black Pug Books in Wimborne takes us from war to wit in...

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