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Child Okeford’s most famous resident celebrates his 75th birthday

Starting life as a simple holiday purchase in Blackpool, the little yellow hand puppet became a national treasure. By Rachael Rowe Sooty and Sweep entertained...

How is digital technology preventing ill health in Dorset?

With capabilities not even imagined in 1948, the NHS is leaping forward with technology not just to heal, but to prevent and manage. Rachael...

Renowned ethologist, passionate conservationist, inspiring activist … Dr Jane Goodall answers the Random 19 questions

Dr Jane Goodall made her name by quite literally redefining what it means to be human. Through her work with wild chimpanzees in Tanzania,...

July’s BV is here!

We have a long slow delicious read full of treats for you this month. Child Okeford’s most famous resident celebrates his 75th birthday. He started...

Rescuing 40,000 animals, TV’s Salvage Hunter in Sherborne, and a lack of listening in the food industry

Three fascinating interviews this week – Jenny chatted to Kevan Hidges of ferne Animal Sanctuary about it's fascinating and inspiring history and work. Terry...

Stalwarts of Sturminster Newton – reflecting on 50 years at Candy’s

The family-run newsagents celebrates its half-century, surviving industry shifts, local changes – and personal losses ‘How are all the children? They must be grown now...

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Honeysuckle the wonder horse

Though The Glanvilles Stud is teeming with foals, March could only belong to Doug and Lucy Procter’s most famous mare Many column inches have already...
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New bus services roll in for North Dorset – just weeks after local backlash

In March, The BV was the only news outlet in the county to report on a damning House of Commons inquiry which ranked Dorset...

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