Category: Dorset community news

County Show gives £10,000 to new Emergency Department

The Dorset County Show has generously donated £10,000 to the appeal for the new Dorset County Hospital Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit. The new...

50 Years of Squat-thrusting

Whatever mental image the name Squat-thrust.com raises, it probably isn’t a men’s keep fit group in Sherborne. But Squat-thrust.com is celebrating its 50th birthday...

The Rally Girls Peaky Challenge

This month a group of nine North Dorset ladies climbed Britain’s highest three peaks inside 24 hours – and enjoyed a prosecco at the...

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...

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A therapeutic partnership

An equine therapy centre in Blandford is creating transformative connections for those most in need of healing – Sally Cooper reports It’s a return trip...

From fire engine funding battles to a fierce defence of rural England | BV Podcast

From fire engine funding battles to a fierce defence of rural England (by way of a silk loom), April’s podcast is rooted in Dorset...