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Dorset community news
When the last bank leaves town
When the last bank leaves town: rural communities must adapt to the rise of online banking and the loss of local branches
Last week I...
Dorset community news
Where has all the water come from?
From closed roads to poonamis, we know North Dorset’s flooding is getting worse – Rachael Rowe asks what’s causing it (apart from more rain)
The...
Dorset community news
Shaftesbury aid worker Eddy severely injured by kamikaze drone in Ukraine
Edward Scott has survived a drone attack while delivering humanitarian aid in Ukraine, where he has been volunteering since October 2022.
Sometimes, the war in...
New issue of The BV
February’s BV is here!
February’s issue of The BV brings the global headlines close to home, as Dorset reels from the news that local humanitarian volunteer Edward Scott...
Dorset community news
NORDCAT Community Transport to close after 23 Years
NORDCAT (North Dorset Community Accessible Transport), the Sturminster Newton-based charity that has provided transport services to elderly and isolated residents for over two decades,...
Dorset Farming
47 Healthy Cows Slaughtered – James Cossins’ TB heartbreak
In the first BV Podcast of 2025, Terry and Jenny get straight on with tackling some of rural Dorset’s biggest issues. We start, as...
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