Category: Dorset community news

Yeovil’s new breast cancer unit

After a five-year fundraising campaign led by Yeovil Hospital Charity, the new Maple Unit – Yeovil Hospital’s first-ever stand-alone, purpose-built breast cancer unit is...

Why is Dorset’s culture a competition?

The Grumbler – the open opinion column in The BV. It’s a space for anyone to share their thoughts freely. While the editor will...

From tinware to poetry at The Exchange

The Exchange has a new display space in the Atrium on the lower ground floor. If you’re coming for a show, looking for somewhere...

Newstone House Care Home raises more than £2,400 for Sturminster Newton Heritage Trust

Newstone House Care Home in Sturminster Newton has raised £2,441 (and one penny!) for Sturminster Newton Heritage Trust following a year-long partnership in 2024.The...

Abbey104 Album of the Month: Horror by Bartees Strange

Born in Ipswich but raised in Oklahoma, and fed an eclectic diet of music ranging from Parliament to Neil Young from a young age,...

Build, baby, build

The Dorset Insider is a no-holds-barred column pulling back the curtain on local affairs with sharp insight, unfiltered honesty and the occasional raised eyebrow....

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The grass that’s too green

Ever-hopeful of an end to the wet weather, Lucy Procter has her work cut out with poached fields and the dangers of spring grazing Wet...

How Dorset Villages Are Keeping Traditional Pub Games Alive

Across the Blackmore Vale's village pubs skittle alleys are being swept clean, dartboards rehung, and cribbage cards shuffled again on Tuesday evenings. Far from...