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The banking service with one thing missing … the money
With Lloyds leaving Gillingham, concerns grow over cash access, digital exclusion and whether rural towns still matter to Britain’s banks
Most rural Dorset residents are...
Dorset community news
A hive of progress as North Dorset’s Honey Bee Centre nears completion
Years of planning and volunteer effort have turned a corner of a Shillingstone field into a purpose-built Honey Bee Centre, with education firmly at...
New issue of The BV
January’s issue is out now 🙂
We know, we know – we're late this month. We did warn everyone ... but we missed us too. On the plus side, it's...
News
Dorset Council budget relies on Council Tax to fund rising care costs
Dorset Council has published its draft budget proposals for 2026/27, revealing that the majority of new spending on social care and services will be...
Dorset Farming
Batters review dismantles the ‘0.6% myth’ and warns farming is being priced out of survival
Minette Batters’ long-awaited Farming Profitability Review, published today, delivers a forensic challenge to one of the most persistent assumptions in Whitehall: that farming is...
Dorset sport
‘I won’t give up’: Local world champion devastated by theft of race-winning bike
Sherborne’s duathlon world champion Zoe Tucker has been left “devastated” after thieves broke into her garage and stole two high-end racing bikes – including...
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