Clubs pledge to complete season and play to end of June
The Blackmore Vale Football League has decided to resume matches and aim to complete its schedule, even if it…
Workaway scheme is so rewarding
By Adrian Fisher MBE, an award-winnng maze designer from Durweston The Workaway scheme, typically involving 15,000 people a year,…
Women take over historic law firm
Four women have been announced as new owners at a historic law firm – with the announcement made on…
When the time comes to say goodbye…
Recently opened, Companions at Peace Pet Cremation is an independent family run business, located in a rural countryside setting…
I’m pushing to get animal welfare bill over line
My family have been tenant farmers in West Dorset for almost 100 years – I grew up on the…
Much to be said for spirit of compromise
Nobody in my experience (and that’s as a parish councillor, district councillor, county councillor and your MP) ever seeks…
Tell us about your minor injuries
The Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at the Yeatman Hospital in Sherborne remains closed. Dorset Health Care Trust closed the unit…
Defence spending is paramount during these times
As the vaccine rollout in our area continues apace – with over half of adults in Somerset having now…
When laughter is contagious in pandemic
Dorset lovers and locals may be able to spot familiar places in a new comedy novel by Sturminster Newton…
Writer’s fifth novel completes literary circle
Dorset author Brent Shore has published his fifth novel, Inappropriate Behaviour. The part psychological drama, part ghost story, is…