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Fighting for (or with!) our footpaths

My husband looks more like Indiana Jones than a rural dog walker, always armed with secateurs to hack back bully-boy brambles and nettles or...

Sherborne Antiques Market’s changing face (and windows).

“We’ve been in trouble” admits Craig Wharton as he shows me the broad window displays of the new Sherborne Antiques Market on Cheap Street....

Kicking out racism in football has missed the grassroots

Gillingham Town midfielder Eboni McCann reported he was racially abused by a spectator during a match against Bridport on October 9; Gillingham walked off...

The Dorset MP who voted with his conscience

This week North Dorset MP Simon Hoare was one of just 13 Conservative MPs to defy three-line whip in Commons vote on Leadsom Amendment. This...

Simon Hoare on the murder of David Amess

I welcomed the shock, horror and outrage that greeted the vicious murder of my colleague David Amess.  The response of the public highlighted that,...

Calling all writers! Home-Start asks families to share their stories

Local families charity Home-Start South East Dorset has launched a new writing competition to encourage local families to share their stories. Some excellent prizes...

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A yard full of potential

Foaling, backing, pretraining, first race under rules … owner Lucy Procter covers the full journey this month at The Glanvilles Stud Our only February foal...