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Capturing the Devil Comet

Rob Nolan captures a fleeting, once-in-a-lifetime glimpse of the elusive Pons-Brooks comet – and what to see under the Flower Moon This month’s image was...

My skating habit

Employ My Ability offers vocational training for students with learning disabilities and special educational needs and disabilities. One of their students, Maddie Walters, spent...

How do I read my payslip?

A local expert from Citizen’s Advice provides timely tips on consumer issues. Q: ‘I’ve just got my first payslip but I don’t understand what all...

Motcombe Community Shop sails on

A long-time supporter (and judge) of Dorset’s village shops, North Dorset CPRE chairman Rupert Hardy visits Motcombe’s thriving community store COVID was kind to village...

The church tent helps local students

A reliable fixture at the Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show is the Church tent – a refreshment marquee run by the Church of England in...

Youth take centre stage at TEDx Shaftesbury

The second TEDx Shaftesbury Youth event on 9th March welcomed a new wave of young thinkers eager to present innovative ideas for our future....

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Steering lives, not just horses, at RAC Saddle Club

At Bovington Saddle Club, yard manager Steph Buchanan has spent three decades quietly transforming lives – not just of horses, but of people too Anyone...

Is it actually climate change – or just weather with better graphics?

Dorset NFU’s Tim Gelfs asks why questioning costs, data and green policies now risks branding you a sceptic rather than sparking discussion So, is Mr...