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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...

Labour pains for rural communities

A sudden Yeovil maternity shutdown sparked concern for rural mothers and highlights deeper NHS staffing, planning and leadership failures '...work-related stress, reportedly caused by a...

From holy row to holy wow

From conflict to coffee and conversation – the Dorset church that made peace, lost its pews, gained a loo … and found its future Five...

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...

June issue is HERE

Laura's top editor's picks this month:‘A toxic work culture and managerial bullying’ were at the heart of Yeovil’s maternity services closure, said Adam Dance...

Building with straw, an angry pom-pom and budgeting with scissors

From building your dream home out of straw to Dorset Council’s proposed cuts to day care centres, to a fledgling crow who briefly took...

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Point to Point returns to Badbury Rings in November

After nearly two years kicking our heels with no Point to Points it’s finally time to pull on your wellies, don coats and jumpers...

Dorset’s winter colours

Winter may feel muted, but Dorset still offers colour, from evergreen trees and bright birds to fungi, mosses and lichens thriving in the colder...