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Celebrating the world of art

Care homes across Dorset have chosen creative ways to celebrate visual art and culture. Residents at Colten Care homes in…

1700 care staff in county are autism trained

More than 1700 health and social care staff across the county have received new training to enable them to…

Solicitors focus minds on mental health

Mindful lawyers in Wimborne put their heads together to talk about ‘managing stressful conversations’ during Mental Health Awareness Week. They…

‘Dragons Den’ pitch is a roaring success

A pioneering proposal to set up a county-wide social support group for children who stammer, and their families, has…

Bringing the inside out for youngsters

Indoor learning has been put in the shade by a new extension at a school near Wareham. A new outdoor…

Cooking… with Martha Legg

Hors D’oeuvres Martin says that I have an inner ‘Hyacinth Bouquet’ that comes out when we have friends or family…

Pop to Pimperne for coffee

Coffee lovers have a new place to visit in Pimperne after the opening of a new venture. Laurie Griffin has…

On your marques, get set, gone!

There is a great selection of more than 50 classic and vintage cars going under the Charterhouse gavel in…

Time to embrace change on our high streets?

When people talk about today’s town centres, it is rarely positive. They bemoan empty units, high rents, complain about…

The tories have driven up house prices

‘Nothing reeks more of decline than a country that no longer knows how to build things’ said Keir Starmer…