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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...

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,...

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...

Dorset’s master of strings

Dorset luthier Jeremy Walsh on listening to the wood, a double bass jigsaw, holding a $15m Stradivarius and Friday night rave music In his self-built...

Same bikes, new mission

Giles and Annie Henschel’s return to the Mediterranean highlights the crisis facing olive farmers and the resilience that is keeping hope alive In March 2024,...

Revving through history

Blackmore Vale Motor Cycle Club combines tradition, innovation and community to keep off-road racing thriving after more than a century Motorcycle sports roared onto the...

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Life in the new yard!

Completely different yet utterly the same, let me explain… A full month of being back at my family base in Somerset. Wow what a...

Shaftesbury Food Festival returns for 2026

Highlights this year include the annual cheese race – enjoy the spectacle of people racing 23kg cheeses UP Gold Hill – plus MasterChef stars,...