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Check in with your Five Ways to Wellbeing

With longer evenings and a quieter month, Izzy Anwell of Dorset Mind reminds us to do the five-step check-in with our own wellbeing The month...

No more oasis – and don’t say maybe

The 1950s green ‘wonder foam’ for flower arrangers is not actually green at all, says flower farmer Charlotte Tombs Oasis. No, not the 1990s Brit...

“The best guitarist that I have ever seen live” – Dorset Island Discs

Philip Coward is chairman of Hillbrush, sits on the Royal Warrant Holders Association executive committee and has been a Mere councillor for 46 years I...

North Dorset housing estate becomes top holiday destination

Residents on a new housing development in Okeford Fitzpaine are working together to create a welcome for their African guests, reports Rachael Rowe If you...

Doors Opening Soon at Space Inflaters!

The old Legends Nightclub in Gillingham is completing its makeover, ready to open this month as Dorset’s newest inflatable play centre With the summer holidays...

New reserve is a tribute to Angela Hughes

The Countryside Regeneration Trust is keeping alive the legacy of a pioneering Dorset farmer and conservationist, reports Fanny Charles A new reserve at Bere Marsh...

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W is for Winter…

Jess Rimmer leans into winter training, a new horse and an alphabet game that somehow ends in Tenerife sunshine and bacon turnovers OK. It’s officially...

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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