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A hand up, not a handout

It’s not the scroungers: Courtenay Hitchock talks to Carole Jones about the families, carers and key workers all turning to the Vale Family Hub When...

July’s BV is here 🙂

Editor's special picks for July: Eddy Scott is back in Dorset – and just four months after being blown up and losing two limbs in...

A stray cat called Bentley and the ladies who saved Shakespeare

From restoring Shakespeare’s reputation to composing an anthem for a church tower, June’s podcast is all about hidden stories, unexpected legacies and quiet revolutions....

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...

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Team Rimmer’s July adventures and a behind-the-scenes peek at the meticulous competition prep, including a top-secret luxury shampoo tip How is it August already?! I...

From fire engine funding battles to a fierce defence of rural England | BV Podcast

From fire engine funding battles to a fierce defence of rural England (by way of a silk loom), April’s podcast is rooted in Dorset...