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Daring to dream big?

The New Year brings an opportunity to take stock of where we are, and to decide how we might change the way we do...

New Year, new hopes, old fights

Simon Hoare MP looks ahead – can Labour steady the ship, will devolution reshape Dorset, and how a misguided Reform Party threatens farming Let me...

‘We’re here to make life better’

Terry Bennett talks to West Dorset’s first Liberal Democrat MP, Edward Morello, who is still negotiating the Westminster jungle When Edward Morello walked into Westminster...

Iron chancellor or rusty rhetoric?

Labour’s lack of preparation and tax-heavy approach risk undermining small businesses and rural economies, warns Simon Hoare MP After the General Election, I said that,...

Debating dignity: the Assisted Dying bill

We have not yet had time to unpick the detail of the new government’s first budget.As I write I do not know to what...

Local symptoms of a national problem

I am all too aware that the news this week – and probably for the next few – is likely to be all about...

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Horse sense from unlikely allies

An equine therapy centre in Blandford is creating transformative connections for those most in need of healing – Sally Cooper reports Researching a new equestrian...

Angela Rebecca Teasdale

5th October 1976 – 14th December 2025 Angie passed away suddenly at home on Sunday 14th December, aged 49 years. Devoted wife to Roger, proud...

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