Stour and Avon

Funding match of the day a real winner for local businesses

A new scheme is offering micro, small and social enterprise businesses up to £5,000 of match-funding, provided they can…

Chance to have say on eco hub plan

An eco-hub providing rapid charging for electric vehicles is being planned near Blandford. The hub is being proposed by…

A bit cautious maybe, but welcome news

A couple of weeks ago, I visited one of our vaccination centres in Dorchester to see first-hand the hard…

School staff have been phenomenal

So! The sensible and steady path from lockdown to more normal times will soon be opened and we will…

Tide is turning in incinerators argument

Back in December, I wrote about proposals for an energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerator in my constituency. In that piece, I…

Dancing in the streets as folk festival set to return

By Miranda Robertson When I heard the Purbeck Valley Folk Festival was back on this year I actually did a…

Literary festival still alive and well-read on social media

The Blandford Literary Festival, which held its very successful inaugural event in 2019…

School issues plea for your support

Blandford School has issued an urgent appeal for help as it prepares to re-open to all pupils. In an…

Special online art workshops offered to pupils

Special workshops delivered by acclaimed and award-winning artists are the latest in a series of online events at Bryanston…

For Greene’s a jolly good Fellow!

Yeovil College and the Yeovil College University Centre have awarded an Honorary Fellowship to Jo Roundell Greene. This honour…