Category: Dorset community news

Yarrells School celebrates Mrs Covell’s 80th Birthday

The school community of Yarrells, near Poole, came together to celebrate the 80th birthday of its proprietor, Mrs Natalie Covell. Known for her unwavering...

Dorset Cricket and Bryanston School partnership

Cricket Dorset Ltd and Bryanston School have announced a three-year partnership to provide a training centre for Dorset Cricket’s Emerging Players Programme (EPP). The...

THE BV’s Dorset Christmas Quiz 2024

If you enjoyed last year’s Dorset Christmas quiz, we’ve SORTED out some more brain teasers for you. This time, the answers might be hiding...

Community effort transforms forgotten footpath

At the northernmost tip of Dorset, just a few hundred yards from where Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire meet, there is a Site of Nature...

Berwick St John Country Fayre raises £100k for Stars Appeal

The 2024 Berwick St John Country Fayre has achieved a historic milestone, raising £100,000 for the Stars Appeal, Salisbury Hospital’s Charity. Initially announced as...

Fettled, smoothed and sworn at

Christmas joy at Sturminster Newton workhouse chapel ‘The workhouse was not just a building; it was the collective pain and suffering of those who found...

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The end of the season

The end of the season allows time for reflection and learning – and a couple of weeks off for the four-legged members of the...

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...