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ANNOUNCING The BV Reader’s Photography Charity Calendar 2025

We're thrilled to introduce the very first BV Readers' Photography Charity Calendar, celebrating Dorset's beauty through the eyes of our talented photographer readers! After...

Community saddened by abrupt closure of local garden centre

Thorngrove Garden Centre, having been at the heart of Gillingham for more than 50 years, has been closed to the public, though it currently...

Protecting Dorset: housing targets damagingly destructive

Unrealistic targets double the build rate, threaten greenfields and ignore affordable homes and local infrastructure, says CPRE’s Rupert Hardy Labour swept to power this summer...

Owls in the combine

Farming columnist George Hosford had surprise farm guests this summer, prompting a delicate rescue before harvest could begin Before we could start harvesting this year,...

The 46-year tractor ride

Tracie Beardsley catches up with C&O’s Matthew Holland - in between him selling tractors, fighting fires, making honey and selling cider! When the excited 16-year-old...

The passion and precision behind the perfect equestrian portrait

Equestrian photographer Brian Stubbs on the discipline of photography, the challenge of action shots, and the joy of the horse-rider bond Born and bred in...

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A fireworkof cinders

An early dawn drive captures the magic of mist, light and a sudden, spectacular dance of jackdaws for wildlife writer Jane Adams I’m driving to...
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Tucking up for winter

Winter prep: Pete Harcom has your November garden tasks including planting trees, caring for tender plants, composting and providing food for birds Even in the...

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