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The art of live edge

For local carpenter Dave Vanstone, two beech trees falling on a stranger’s land were the beginning of a table – and a whole new...

Space Inflaters has lift off!

Gillingham’s largest charity has opened Space Inflaters, Dorset’s new inflatable play centre in the old Legends Building. The not-for-profit team behind Riversmeet already run the...

Liz Truss visits West Dorset

Tory leadership candidate promises cuts to red tape and more jobs and homes for rural communities LIZ Truss’s heroine, Margaret Thatcher, famously quipped: “You turn...

Rishi Sunak visits the Blackmore Vale

Tory leadership hopeful pledges more support for farmers, pharmacies and first-time buyers HOT on the heels of weekend interviews, in which he pledged greater support...

Love Local Trust Local Awards are open now – have you entered?

Love Local, Trust Local Awards founder Barabara Cossins takes us back to the start of her journey, and reminds us all that local producers...

Is it ALL doom and gloom?

Crushing costs and a difficult labour market are potentially tempered by the positivity of busy order books, says Dorset Chamber CEO Ian Girling A really...

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Woman on fire

Just don’t call her a female farrier – Abby Bunyard never set out to break barriers, she just forged her own path by refusing...

Dorset Council budget relies on Council Tax to fund rising care costs

Dorset Council has published its draft budget proposals for 2026/27, revealing that the majority of new spending on social care and services will be...

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