Category: Dorset community news

Dorset Council reveals draft Local Plan – 50,000 new homes by 2040

Dorset Council has published its Local Plan Options Consultation 2025, setting out where thousands of new homes, employment land, traveller sites – and even...

Mind the gap – why North Dorset needs a technical college

No skills, no STEM, no jobs: without local training, North Dorset risks becoming a housing corridor with no future for its young people When the...

Child Okeford Art Trail returns

Now in its fifth year, the Child Okeford Art Trail returns this August Bank Holiday with an inspiring line-up of 22 artists and craftspeople...

A village shop in spirit – a service station in scale

North Dorset CPRE’s Rupert Hardy visits Hawtree & Sons Riverside Garage – the family business that’s busily defining rural retail After the brief COVID-era reprieve,...

Spring Rolls and Smiles at The Malthouse Residential Care Home

Residents at The Malthouse Residential Care Home in Gillingham Dorset enjoyed an afternoon of fun, food and laughter on Thursday 24th July, thanks to...

Classic & Supercar Sunday – the biggest line up yet

Get ready — Canford Classic & Supercar Sunday 2025 is shaping up to be the biggest, baddest automotive celebration yet. Expect a glorious exhibition...

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By the law of averages, not all foals are going to be problem free…

Life or death foals, DIY one-sided milking, windswept legs, film stardom and “Go Honeysuckle, go!” - it’s another average month at TGS with Lucy...

5 Ways To Enjoy The Great Outdoors In Dorset This Autumn

As the nights draw in, it can be easy to just curl up on the sofa and wait for winter to arrive. However, autumn...

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