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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....

WHY DEMOLISHING NORDON IS MORE THAN AN ARCHITECTURAL DISASTER

A council decision to demolish Nordon House - an Edwardian building in the centre of a conservation area in Blandford -  has met with...

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Point-to-point is back at Badbury!

Tickets for the ever-popular Countryside Alliance point-to-point, which will take place at Badbury Rings on Sunday, 19th February, are now available to buy online...