Stour and Avon

Co-op’s £4500 for special needs playgroup

The Superstars playgroup in Fordingbridge is the happy recipient of £4,500 thanks to donations to the Local Community Fund…

Finalists announced for tourism awards

The finalists have been announced for the 10th year of the Dorset Tourism Awards which will be presented at…

This big, beautiful Brough is superior in most every way

A 1936 Brough Superior SS100 motorcycle, estimated at more than £250,000, has been entered into the Charterhouse specialist auction…

Giving a lift to care group

Two Bridges is a care group that helps infirm, disabled and aged people to get to doctors, dentists and…

Treemendous plan for future generations

Words and pics by Lorraine Gibson. ‘How great would it be to take shade with your family or friends in…

Cool heroes raise a beary good £451

by Lorraine Gibson. Over the course of a week, children attending Play Sportz classes in and around the Wimborne area…

Citizens Advice raising funds for new bus

Citizens Advice in East Dorset & Purbeck are raising funds for a Crisis Support Bus which will provide vulnerable…

Food banks – a sign of hope or decay?

During recent visits to food banks in Dorset I shared my own food parcel story from 1977 when my…

Tory government breaking the NHS

The phrase ‘winter of discontent’ is often overused in our politics. Previous years has seen it rolled out for flight…

The Bank of England sabotaged Liz Truss

The United Nations spectacularly failed to prevent Russia invading Ukraine. Since then Russia, as a member of the Security Council,…