Category: Dorset community news

The nation’s new diet | Tales from the Vale

It is September 1939 and a young girl, around 12 years old, is hushed while the family gathers in the kitchen: ‘there’s an important...

Stur plans the first permanent indoor shopping area

This month’s news from the unofficial capital of the Blackmore Vale ... A move to re-open the NatWest bank building in Sturminster Newton will give...

Gillingham’s new inflatable play world inside the old Legends building is set to open in July, and the name has offically been declared as...

Well, after five months of planning and then long hours stripping out the old Legends nightclub, we are getting closer to opening Gillingham’s biggest...

Champagne Supernova(what you see occurred when dinosaurs roamed the earth!)

Now it’s easy to think at first glance that this isn’t a particularly great image, but bear with me.The reason this is such an...

Event Cancelled

A local expert from Citizen’s Advice provides timely tips on consumer issues. This Month: what happens if surprise new restrictions mean events I’ve booked...

I am an artist – I must suffer for my art | Tales from the Vale

I live in Mappowder. And I’m a guitar teacher (I know, not two sentences that you’ll have read before in close proximity, I’d guess)....

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The art (and precision timing) of breeding

Glanvilles Stud is deep in covering season’s intricacies; Lucy Procter unravels it while stud visitors delight in heartwarming foal cuddles As usual, the BV’s Courtenay...

The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Digital Nomad in 2026

For millions of people, the idea of working from a beach in Bali, a cafe in Lisbon or a mountain lodge in Colombia sounds...

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