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April issue of The BV is here!

Welcome to April’s BV – where fire station closures meet the farmers' Golden Buzzer...

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Local retail roots run deep

The merger of two long-established Wimborne businesses is showing its strength on the shop floor as the team expands Founded more than a century ago,...

April issue of The BV is here!

Welcome to April’s BV – where fire station closures meet the farmers' Golden Buzzer moment, Radio Wimborne fights for its future and Jess Rimmer...

April issue of The BV is here!

Welcome to April’s BV – where fire station closures meet the farmers' Golden Buzzer moment, Radio Wimborne fights for its future and Jess Rimmer...

Dorset tip booking goes live

From Monday, booking a slot to visit the tip will no longer be optional at four Dorset recycling centres – the long-discussed change that...

Meeting Mr Hardy: The Birdsmoorgate murder, Tess and Lady Pinney

Martha Brown, a widow married to a much younger man, John Brown, ran a little shop in the tiny village of Birdsmoorgate in the...

Dorset roads – a century of complaint

This month Barry has selected a postcard of Moreton School, sent in 1911 (right). The letter that follows was written by Hermann Lea, one...

Name that village …

Last month’s mystery postcard caused quite the kerfuffle on Facebook: it was of course Chettle! We’re thinking Barry Cuff’s pick this month looks rather...

Brixmis, the beret, the cow pat and the bomb

Among the artefacts in the Royal Signals Museum’s new Cold War exhibition is an object that looks entirely ordinary: a British Army beret. Yet...

Family forger who faced the noose found in the ‘R’ box

It was a cardboard archive box in a London library that stopped Rachael Rowe in her tracks.‘I pulled out this packet of papers labelled...

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...
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The Random 19 Questions

John Sergeant answers the random 19 questions

From Thatcher’s press pack to Strictly’s dance floor – ahead of his visit to Sturminster Newton, John Sergeant shares shocking biscuit news Few journalists can...

Bestselling author Victoria Hislop answers the Random 19 questions

Even if you’ve not read one of her books, you’ve no doubt come across Victoria Hislop’s name on a bookshelf or heard it in...

The Random 19 with world-famous sculptor Simon Gudgeon

One of our most popular columns - the one where we ask a local celebrity nineteen random questions. This month's brave guest is Simon...

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.

Dorset Island Discs

Dorset Food & Drink

Lizzie Crow is better known to most as Lizzie Baking Bird. From her tiny bakery in West Dorset, Lizzie creates an...

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...

Dorset Farming

Waiting for the shelves to empty

From fragile supply chains to frozen farm budgets, Tim...

Rethinking dairy in life after TB

TB relief at Rawston, but falling milk prices, ageing...

Roundup and the road ahead

As glyphosate faces renewed scrutiny, George Hosford argues that...

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...

Just how much more can our British farmers take?

As the Red Tractor scheme stirs debate, Love Local Trust Local steps up to restore confidence in local, traceable British produce, says founder Barbara...

Dorset Wildlife

The skylark at Badbury Rings

Jane Adam’s chance encounter with an injured skylark at...

Let it bee spring

As spring gathers pace, Dorset’s gardens begin to fill...

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...

The soft paws of spring

Pussy willow catkins are among late winter’s most generous and quietly important natural wonders, says Jane Adams When did you last stop to look closely...

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