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How can I afford my new council tax bill?

A local expert from Citizen’s Advice provides timely tips on consumer issues. Q: ‘I have just received my new council tax bill and it’s gone...

Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings

The Sturminster Newton Literary Festival 2024 D-Day Project is looking for contributions from local people whose family members took part in the military invasion...

Shaftesbury’s FOLDE is in the running for Bookshop of the Year

FOLDE, the independent Shaftesbury bookshop which specialises in nature writing, is a regional and country finalist in The British Book Awards 2024. The shop...

Abbey104 Album of the Month – It Leads To This by The Pineapple Thief

Kscope records I regularly champion local artists on my weekly radio show – and at times, I’ll admit this means playing songs which may not...

Book Corner March 2024

Crypt by Professor Alice Roberts £22 – signed special editions in stock nowThe history of the Middle Ages is typically the story of the rich...

Join the Birdwatch: is your garden bird-friendly?

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

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Quiet August, Big Plans

Team TB is prepping for the autumn season with some rigorous training (both equine and human!) – and a new home’s needed for Cherry...

Have an evening out and feel better for it

The Exchange is offering a powerful programme of theatre this autumn, visiting ancient Greece, the centre of the Roman Empire and Nuremberg 1590.Starting with...