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Come On Gillingham! Local ladies hockey club in national semi-final clash

This Sunday, 6th April at 2pm, all eyes will be on Gillingham School Astro as Gillingham Hockey Club hosts the semi-final of the England...

The Compasses Inn – food worth finding

Tucked away in the tiny hamlet of Lower Chicksgrove (10 miles north east of Shaftesbury, a mile off the A30), The Compasses Inn is...

Build, baby, build

The Dorset Insider is a no-holds-barred column pulling back the curtain on local affairs with sharp insight, unfiltered honesty and the occasional raised eyebrow....

Stranded: Dorset is one of the worst in the country

Among the worst-served areas for rural transport, a House of Commons inquiry hears that failing bus networks are widening social inequality. For rural Dorset, public...

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance celebrates 25 years of saving lives

From farm accidents to heart attacks … here are the stories of some of the many people who owe everything to the ‘hospital in...

Help, hope …and great coffee

Newly opened at Sturminster Newton, the Vale Family Hub offers vital community support for North Dorset residents ‘How did we get here? Blood, sweat, tears,...

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Weaning a Thoroughbred Foal

It’s September, and the first lot of early foals born in February and March have turned five months and are weaned and roaming their...

Dorset’s secret soldiers and George Hosford on the failing TB system | BV Podcast

From secret Dorset saboteurs preparing for Nazi invasion to the 19th-century TB tests still dictating modern farming,  February’s BV podcast is a deep dive...