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Take on the Jurassic Coast Ultra Challenge

Walkers, joggers and runners are being invited to take on one of the South West’s biggest endurance events when the Jurassic Coast Ultra Challenge...

Steele Raymond expands with new brand

South Coast law firm Steele Raymond has unveiled a new brand and website as it continues a period of expansion across the region, alongside...

Open Day at The Exchange

British Under 18 Taekwon-Do champion returns to teach

‘I loved it, and it was my life. It was absolute life.’As a teenager in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Taekwon-Do wasn’t a...

Dorset showcased at Westminster

Dorset’s food, drink and heritage were promoted in Parliament at the end of February during a special Westminster showcase hosted by the county’s two...

Yetminster’s forgotten pioneer

In a Yetminster farmhouse, Benjamin Jesty pioneered vaccination decades before Edward Jenner claimed the breakthrough Stand in Yetminster today and it is hard to imagine...

Meeting Mr Hardy:Thomas Hardy and music, part 2

Collections of old carols and songs found in Dorset’s churches have inspired a thriving revival of the West Gallery tradition THE recent resurgence of West...

Name that village …

We had fewer correct guesses of last month’s mystery postcard which was of East Stour. We’re thinking his pick this month is the hardest...

How Cerne Abbas outlived its obituary

A 1938 postcard captures Cerne Abbas in a quiet in-between moment: after decline, before revival – when the Giant didn’t warrant a mention In his...

North Dorset’s forgotten Scallywags

They were farmers, labourers and tradesmen, but Dorset’s Auxiliary Units trained in silence to become Britain’s last, lethal line of defence, says CPRE’s Rupert...

Blacksmith’s wife dies in her chair

This month Barry Cuff has chosen a 1906 postcard of the Green Dragon in Piddletrenthide. To accompany it we found a news story from...
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Death Announcements

Farewell to Adrienne Howell

IF Mere had a 'national treasure' it would surely...

Angela Rebecca Teasdale

5th October 1976 – 14th December 2025 Angie passed away...

Sir Tom Stoppard, 1937-2025

PLAYWRIGHT Sir Tom Stoppard, who was born in the...

The Random 19 Questions

Internationally bestselling author Natasha Solomons takes on the Random 19 questions

Natasha Solomons is the author of five novels, including Mr Rosenblum’s List (set in Dorset) and The Novel in the Viola, which was chosen...

Sonnaz Nooranvary, The Repair Shop’s expert upholsterer, takes on the Random 19

Sonnaz Nooranvary is a British-Iranian upholsterer who lives near Wimborne, best known as the resident upholstery expert on BBC One’s The Repair Shop. At the...

Charlie Waite: frame by frame

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The BV magazine is a monthly digital publication which launched in August 2020, and it is in no way connected with the original, much-loved Blackmore Vale Magazine (owned by Reach PLC, and which ceased publication early the same year), nor with any other, more recently launched printed publication with a similar name. Never the free paper you pick up from the floor of the petrol station, The BV is the half hour read you spend a weekend coffee with.

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Dorset Food & Drink

The Love Local Trust Local (LLTL) Awards are officially open for 2026, marking the fifth year of celebrating the outstanding farmers,...

‘This is a great way to add some veggies to your macaroni cheese. I also use a creamy garlic cheese with...

This year marks our fifth celebration of the amazing food, farming and craftsmanship that makes Dorset so special.Dorset leads the way...

‘Simplicity is key for this quick mid-week supper! This tart makes the most of Dorset produce: grab a roll of Dorset...

Years of planning and volunteer effort have turned a corner of a Shillingstone field into a purpose-built Honey Bee Centre, with...

In 2018, Love Local Trust Local was created to bring something back into our local community that many felt had gone...

Dorset Farming

LOVE LOCAL TRUST LOCAL AWARDS RETURN FOR FIFTH YEAR – ENTRIES NOW OPEN

The Love Local Trust Local (LLTL) Awards are officially...

Dorset farmer guilty, and repeatedly fails to comply with slurry notice

A Dorset dairy farmer has been fined after failing...

Dynamic? Really?

Tim Gelfs, Dorset NFU chair, questions whether Dynamic Alignment...

Rain, reactors and running out

Bovine TB dominates farm life, George Hosford says, as...

North Dorset farmer banned from keeping sheep after welfare conviction

He has been convicted of animal cruelty after dozens...

A fusion might be the answer in the rust fight

George Hosford is still taking time to test, adapt and learn as he moves the farm away from fertilisers to a more sustainable solution Professional...

Dorset Wildlife

Dorset’s winter colours

Winter may feel muted, but Dorset still offers colour,...

The soft paws of spring

Pussy willow catkins are among late winter’s most generous...

Biodiversity loss is now seen as a national security risk

The loss of biodiversity threatens national security, says a...

When gardens can become lifeboats

With cuckoos gone and insects vanishing, Neil Walker believes...

Dorset’s beaver believer does dam good work

For Steve Oliver, it is more than a job...

When gardens can become lifeboats

With cuckoos gone and insects vanishing, Neil Walker believes towns like Sherborne are unexpected sanctuaries for wildlife pushed out of farmland For most of us,...

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Martin Down via Toby’s Bottom 

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Rectangle walk from Tarrant Gunville

A simple (moderately rectangular!) loop walk criss-crossing Tarrant Gunville –...

Win Green to Tollard Royal … and back again | 6.3 miles

This is a lovely new variation on one of...

Beautiful North Dorset – Pulham via Holwell | 8 miles

Gorgeous, easy-going circular walk, almost no hills at all,...

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