Category: Dorset community news

Hold onto your glow sticks … Salisbury Hospice Charity’s Midnight Walk is back!

Prepare to light up the city with NEON at this year’s Midnight Walk! The organisers invite you to hop, skip and groove through the...

West Dorset’s MP Ensures Banking Services Remain in Sherborne After Lloyds Closure

In a significant move for Sherborne, Chris Loder, West Dorset's MP, has successfully negotiated the establishment of a banking hub in the town. This...

Hall & Woodhouse donates a record-breaking £27,000 to good causes

At its annual Community Chest Awards in January, local family brewer Hall & Woodhouse (H&W) announced the successful recipients of grants totalling more than...

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...

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Toots settles into the Fox-Pitt yard with Freebie, Jago and new boy Taran

New columnist Toots Bartlett can’t hide her excitement as she leaves home to move into William Fox-Pitt’s yard near Sturminster Newton, buys a horse...

The BV becomes Dorset Life – a new chapter begins

If you’ve been reading The BV for a while, you’ll know we’ve never stood still for long. What began in 2020 as a local,...