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No appetite for food security

Seventy years after the end of rationing, politicians still fail to value food security as farms face crippling taxes and chronic under-investment The Fourth of...

The one where she said yes anyway

by Andrew Livingston From dodgy tractor skills to a spitting alpaca, Andrew Livingston’s love story proves Abbotsbury swans aren’t the only ones who mate for...

In the company of bees

From CPR on the kitchen floor to spinning honey in a shed, Stephen Toop found peace, healing and purpose in beekeeping on a Dorset...

Inconclusive is not a diagnosis

Triplets, toast-hungry sheep and maddeningly meaningless TB test results – George Hosford on the exasperating limbo that farmers face Below is a shot of the...

Nature recovery by 2030? Fat chance

Chaotic policy and chronic underfunding – Dorset NFU’s Tim Gelfs calls time on the empty rhetoric behind the Government’s green aims There are two phrases...

The last cut for local meat

When small abattoirs close, farmers lose options, animals travel miles and rare breeds, food miles and the ability to sell truly local meat are...

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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...
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Teachers continue to strike over shared leadership plan across North Dorset schools

Industrial action escalates at Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton High Schools, as union leaders warn of damaging impacts to students and staff. SAST defends restructure...

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