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When the package holiday goes wrong

A local expert from Citizen’s Advice provides timely tips on consumer issues. Q: ‘We’ve booked a package holiday to Spain. It’s our first time booking...

Peter Sale takes the helm: a Rotarian year of community engagement ahead

On Monday, 10th July, at a bustling meeting of the Shaftesbury Rotary Club, Peter Sale was installed as President for the year 2023/2024. David...

Motorbike riders – you’re invited to Ride Out for Docbike!

DocBike, a motorcycle injury prevention charity, is calling motorcyclists to join their annual Dorset ride out on Sunday 24th September. Last year’s event raised...

FERNE ANIMAL SANCTUARYANIMALS FOR REHOMING

SOYASoya is a beautiful Rhodesian Ridgeback X Breed who will require a special home as she suffers from separation anxiety when left alone. Soya...

Thriving Stur: free school uniforms, artisans and a family festival

Pauline Batstone shares her monthly round up of what’s happening among the town’s collection of community enterprises and events Introducing the Artists…1855, Stur’s artisans bank...

3 days, 12 cyclists,215 Miles … and £11,000 for Teddy20!

In an extraordinary display of determination and solidarity, 12 adventurous cyclists took to the roads in June, covering 215 miles across France, Belgium, and...

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Life outside the stud

Bramble snacking and trail running – Lucy Procter is using the stud’s quieter summer season to find some balance out of the saddle In a...

Help and Kindness at the heart of Dorset

‘I don’t know what I need’ – Jon Sloper received one phone call that revealed the power of connecting the dots to support lives...