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Cluckonomics revisited: Farm Tales

Is it time to import, asks Andrew Livingston, as welfare standards force British chicken farmers to cut stocking density It was only in April of...

Spooky theatre in Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury Arts Centre’s Music and Drama Group is thrilled to announce their highly anticipated autumn show, Rehearsal, an original dark comedy with a supernatural...

Dorset Chamber Raises Concerns Over Employment Rights Bill

The Employment Rights Bill, which introduces significant changes to UK labour law, has garnered both support and concern from businesses in Dorset. Key elements...

The teen who went from ‘almost’ to gold

When William Saunders joined the Fun Box club at Sturminster Newton Boxing Gym five years ago, coach Shaun Weeks knew he was a future...

Hinton St Mary : Then and Now

Step back in time with our ‘Then and Now’ feature, where vintage postcards from the Barry Cuff Collection meet modern-day reality. Explore the past...

Notes to a sister : POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION

This month Barry Cuff has chosen a pair of postcards sent from Milborne St Andrew – quite by chance he has two cards sent...

The English Hippocrates

Thomas Sydenham, one of the most prominent physicians in 17th century England, was born 400 years ago, just ten miles from Dorchester Known as the...

St Basil’s mysterious,extraordinary font

The allure of a mysterious Saxon font in Toller Fratrum’s tiny church has fascinated artists for a century, says CPRE’s Rupert Hardy n 1934, the...

Bucked in the Yarn

Three small Somerset villages had a huge impact on global exploration and trade – Rachael Rowe talks to Professor Terry Stevens “Nothing much ever happened...

Forty years on:the Bourton Village Video

A window to 1983 – a time when the village suffered endless traffic jams, but there were two pubs and two shops … and...
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Dorset Farming

Cluckonomics revisited: Farm Tales

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Harvest complete, but TB lingers

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Dorset Wildlife

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Owls in the combine

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Brilliant bryophytes

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Baby Barn Owl’s

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Baby Barn Owl’s

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