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Rural fire cover under threat

Cuts will kill, warns Fire Brigade Union, as rural communities rally to fight proposed station closures and loss of engines The decision to close eight...

Two Dorset farmers get the Golden Buzzer

When Jeremy Clarkson’s Farmers’ Choir hit the Golden Buzzer, two Dorset voices were at the heart of a performance carrying more than harmony The Hawkstone...

Council apologises for ‘premature’ notice to quit after public outcry over Wimborne’s radio station

Wimborne Minster’s volunteer-run community radio station faces an uncertain future after being told by Dorset Council that it must vacate its studio premises.On 26th...

The assault on rural England

In this open letter, Trevor Bailey, a long-standing rural development advocate, sets out his case that government policy is driving an unprecedented assault on...

April issue of The BV is here!

Welcome to April’s BV – where fire station closures meet the farmers' Golden Buzzer moment, Radio Wimborne fights for its future and Jess Rimmer...

Dorset developers and the hanged family forger

From potholes swallowing tyres to the unravelling of developers' planning promises – by way of a hanged Cornish forger – March’s podcast has a...

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Woman on fire

Just don’t call her a female farrier – Abby Bunyard never set out to break barriers, she just forged her own path by refusing...

A bee utopia on Pentridge Hill

From a wild hilltop to a suburban garden, Jane Adams watches the quiet lives of Dorset’s snow leopards: the ashy mining bee From Pentridge Hill,...

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