Category: Dorset community news

£35,000 success secures future of William Barnes Archive

Work to preserve and open up the William Barnes Archive will begin this November, following a major fundraising success by the William Barnes Society....

Autumn returns to Wincanton:racing, style … and festive fun

Wincanton Racecourse is gearing up for a thrilling few months of top-class National Hunt action, packed with style, charity and festive racing.This year’s iconic...

Dorset army cadet wins the Westminster Award

Charlotte Bedford, a 17-year-old from Wimborne, has been named the nation’s top army cadet – recognised in Parliament for her kindness, grit and leadership The...

The Dorset GP crisis no one wants to talk about

With fewer doctors and shrinking budgets, Dorset GPs are seeing more patients – and behind those busy surgery desks the strain is showing From the...

Council tax bailiff referrals in Dorset up 5,000% … sort of

New BBC data shows Dorset’s council tax bailiff cases soaring – but the bigger story is rising debt, tighter recovery, and families caught in...

Poverty in Dorset’s hidden corners

From heating bills to hospital trips, costs across Dorset are leaving many isolated and quiet poverty is growing, warns Jon Sloper While most of us...

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