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The Love Local Trust Local awards countdown has started!

With only a month to go, it’s time to sharpen those pencils, polish those keyboards and get your Love Local Trust Local award entry...

What’s in a name? A rose, rosé etc.

This month, Sadie Wilkins of Vineyards in Sherborne is keen to debunk the myth that all great rosé is born in Provence Shakespeare’s Juliet once...

Meet your local: Cerne Abbas Stores

This month Rachael Rowe met Jen Daly and Ken Peet, London expats who are the proud owners of the thriving Cerne Abbas Stores ‘We arrived...

Sophie’s sausages are the sizzle

‘Don’t sell the sausage. Sell the sizzle.’ Sophie Baker is managing to do both brilliantly with her award-winning sausage business, reports Tracie Beardsley Sophie Baker...

Great Tastes of the South West

Local producers Durslade Farm and Hollis Mead Organic Dairy are among the star turns in this year’s awards, reports Fanny Charles THE results of the...

Decadent and delicious – millionaire’s shortbread

I was recently at a wedding, and my eight-year-old niece (a budding baker) was scrolling through my cake photos. She stopped on the one...

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The grit behind the glamour

This month Jess talks to head groom Stacey Blunn to find out just how she keeps Team Rimmer on track – and on time This...

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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