Farming & Environment

Book your Christmas tree collection – and help Dorset disability charity

A DORSET charity has launched a Christmas tree collection scheme – one of its biggest fundraisers of the year. Diverse…

The A358 at Donyatt is closed due to flooding. Picture: Travel Somerset

Storm Ciarán: Roads and schools closed as Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset battered

A DRIVER was rescued from a vehicle stuck in flood water in the Marston Magna area as Storm Ciarán…

Weather warnings are in place for the south of England, including Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire

Weather warnings in place as Storm Ciarán set to bring floods to Dorset and beyond

FLOOD warnings are in place for much of the Dorset coast as Storm Ciarán approaches. The Environment…

Winner Wilbur with chair of Planet Wimborne, Linda Bunting

Wimborne youngsters’ environment posters make for colourful competition

COLOURFUL posters spreading an environmental message were created by youngsters as part of a competition in Wimborne. Schoolchildren were encouraged…

Dorset Wildlife Trust has launched the Woodland Recovery Project fundraiser

£40,000 appeal launched to rescue Dorset woodlands

A £40,000 appeal to restore and regenerate Dorset woodlands has been launched. The Dorset Wildlife Trust hopes to raise the…

TV presenter Megan McCubbin speaking at the Planet Wimborne Green Festival

Springwatch presenter Megan McCubbin gets Wimborne Green Festival off to flying start

SPRINGWATCH TV presenter Megan McCubbin inspired and engaged during a talk in Wimborne. Megan addressed around 300 people at the…

The project helps people access nature and farming in Dorset. Picture: Unsplash/Viktor Forgacs

£100,000 grant to boost access to farming for disabled people

A SCHEME helping disabled people explore and understand farming in Dorset has been boosted by a £100,000 grant. The Stepping…

The group travelled from Ferndown to Swanage to do their bit

Ferndown care home residents do their bit to keep Dorset coast clean

ENVIRONMENTALLY-conscious residents from a dementia care home have done their bit to keep a stretch of the Dorset coastline…

XR Wimborne demonstration gets a ‘warm reception’

COLOURFUL Extinction Rebellion campaigners joined arts fans in Wimborne at the weekend – but for a different reason. As hundreds…

Work starts to clear former military railway route – now a public footpath

A HISTORIC former military railway route has finally been recognised as a public right of way – and is…