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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...

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...

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,...

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The end of the season

The end of the season allows time for reflection and learning – and a couple of weeks off for the four-legged members of the...

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,...