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Are you tough enough to take on the 2022 cycle ride’s new 75 mile ‘Challenging’ Route?

Shaftesbury Rotary Club are delighted to announce that their hugely popular charitable fundraiser, the North Dorset Cycle Ride, will be back again in May...

Bringing Stur back to life

You wouldn’t believe the work that goes into making the heart of the Blackmore Vale a vibrant town, says Pauline Batstone. The start of a...

A shocking history of sexual bigotry

Until relatively recently even consensual homosexual sex was a crime in the UK – and the US viewed homosexuality as ‘an illness’ as late...

Can you host a lonely and scared Afghan child?

Dorset Council is looking for people willing to foster or provide supported lodgings for unaccompanied children. In the year ending September 2021, the UK received...

Letters to the BV Editor January 2022

The slow painful death-by-visitorIt is particularly apparent in winter when driving through villages after dark, just how much of our housing stock is used...

The eco-conscious shopping habit thriving in North Dorset

None can now claim ignorance of the effect our human behaviours are having on our climate - and chief amongst these is our driving...

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Mama mare, here you go again

Breeding from your mare is a step many owners consider – Sara Greenwood shares the pitfalls and her experienced tips to make it work Your...

Rockbourne Fair returns this October

The Rockbourne Early Christmas Fair is back at Salisbury Racecourse from Wednesday 15th to Friday 17th October, bringing three days of boutique shopping and...