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West Sherborne: housing help or housing headache?

Sherborne’s housing dilemma: Ted Howells examines the proposed West Sherborne development and its implications for the town’s future In recent months, there’s been a lot...

Claire Allen’s Epic Walk

‘I’m surprised I’m still here!’ The Dorset woman’s year-long journey walking Britain’s entire coastline is raising money for the homeless On a bitterly cold winter...

Robert Cowley, MBE – magistrate, volunteer and plumber – selects his Dorset Island Discs

He graduated from Cambridge and, to his father’s consternation, went straight into the family plumbing business – and he’s never looked back Robert Cowley from...

A lifetime of footsteps

Christopher Somerville’s 35-year journey as a walking writer, chronicling Britain’s footpaths for The Times and The Daily Telegraph by Steve Keenan Christopher Somerville has been...

Right tree, right place, right reason … wrong tree, wrong place, wrong reason?

A forestry plan on farmland near Stourhead is proving contentious with the local community – Fanny Charles heard from both sides It sounds like a...

Gwyneth Wentink, internationally acclaimed harpist, selects her Dorset Island Discs

She chose the harp over the recorder when she was five – Gwyneth talks about her life with her giant instrument as she chooses...

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Back in the saddle

As the new season looms, Tizzard Racing’s Chris Wald returns with updates from the yard, a few sore legs – and a long-overdue open...

Dorset’s winter colours

Winter may feel muted, but Dorset still offers colour, from evergreen trees and bright birds to fungi, mosses and lichens thriving in the colder...