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Dorset’s affordable housing crisis?

Dorset CPRE conference criticises government targets, calling for 1,300 homes a year and increased investment in social rent to meet local needs The provision of...

What is the future for North Dorset’s churches?

Rachael Rowe looks at the perilous state of many English churches – especially small village churches ‑ and the struggles to preserve them More than...

The forgotten art of hedgerow life cycles

With new incentives for sustainable farming, hedgerows are crucial – Andrew Livingston talks to hedge expert John Calder ‘Hedges are the single most important ecological...

Sir David congratulates images of school’s snake v frog drama

Local wildlife photographer is praised by Sir David Attenborough after thrilling snake-frog encounter on school Stour Valley Nature Reserve trip Kate Fry works at The...

Wessex Internet Wins Top ‘Oscar’ at Countryside Alliance Awards.

Wessex Internet has been named the best Rural Enterprise in the UK at the prestigious Countryside Alliance Awards, held at the House of Lords...

Clayesmore head likens Labour’s policy to 1980s pit closures in open letter

In a powerful open letter, Jo Thomson, the head of Clayesmore School, has challenged Sir Keir Starmer's new tax policy for independent schools, likening...

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Her Majesty the Queen and her love for racehorses

Lucy Procter looks back at The Queen’s lifelong love of horseracing, and her success in the breeding yard https://youtu.be/HZ5fkUCwv9I In September the Thoroughbred racing and breeding...

Dorset’s secret soldiers and George Hosford on the failing TB system | BV Podcast

From secret Dorset saboteurs preparing for Nazi invasion to the 19th-century TB tests still dictating modern farming,  February’s BV podcast is a deep dive...