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Young debaters shine at Shaftesbury Rotary’s biggest Youth Speaks competition

Students from Shaftesbury, Blandford and Sturminster Newton schools took to the stage for Shaftesbury Rotary’s biggest Youth Speaks competition yet, held on 22nd January...

Into a pretty room by lots of hands | Abbey104 Album of the Month

on the wrong day can irrevocably damage your perception of the art. Conversely, finding the right music at the right moment feels like alchemy.So...

Dorset Council apply the brakes to 24hr parking charges

Less than 24 hours after voting to introduce evening and overnight car parking charges, Dorset Council has announced it will pause the decision, pending...

Struggling with home repairs? There’s another way

Lendology are providers of low-cost council-funded loans to help you with those much-needed home improvements “When people come to us, they’re often at the end...

Building on a creative legacy

A forgotten Hepworth and an important musical partnership – Bryanston approaches its centenary with an artistic flourish A list of old Bryanstonians has many famous...

Poo-dunnit?

The Dorset Insider is a new sporadic column dedicated to shedding light on local matters with unfiltered honesty and a critical eye. The author...

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Lessons from a yearling

Meet Squish, the yearling giving Tamsin Doar a masterclass in patience, groundwork and prosecco-powered perseverance – one leg at a time While The Sass Queen...

Dorset’s secret soldiers and George Hosford on the failing TB system | BV Podcast

From secret Dorset saboteurs preparing for Nazi invasion to the 19th-century TB tests still dictating modern farming,  February’s BV podcast is a deep dive...

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