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Dorset Farming
Government caught with its flock down
Coughs, colds and costly outbreaks … Andrew Livingston asks if government delays and IT blunders are leaving farmers vulnerable
It’s that time of year, and...
Dorset Farming
Farms to the slaughter
It’s the final nail in the coffin of every family farm – a shocked Andrew Livingston responds to the Budget’s tax reforms
Is this the...
Dorset community news
From Brixton riots to Blandford
Blandford practice nurse Buffy Wareham talks about the changes she’s seen in 50 years of nursing, personal loss, and her enduring need to help
For...
News
West Wincanton plans – the pros and cons
Is a 650-home development west of Wincanton an unsustainable misuse of good farmland, or “an opportunity to deliver more than housing”
A major plan for...
Dorset sport
Ruby White – WORLD CHAMPION!
Ruby White from Stalbridge has just won tonight's final in Colorado USA. Ruby becomes the first ever U19 World Boxing Champion, after defeating India’s...
Dorset Farming
A sticking plaster budget from a ‘rurally ignorant’ Chancellor
The Chancellor’s budget is urban-centred, will hit small businesses hard, potentially threatens the future of small family farms across the region, has nothing for...
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