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Benefits help for over-50s

Age UK North, South & West Dorset holds regular surgeries where over 50s can come and ask an expert…

Council stops leisure centre funding

Council tax payers in Blandford will not be asked again to pay extra to support the town’s leisure centre…

Signals soldiers help out with gravestone tidy-up

  REMEMBRANCE activities will sadly be restricted this year with covid restrictions making the usual gatherings and parade impossible. But…

Handlebars are wunderbar at law firm

  Solicitors in Blandford are tackling a particularly hair- raising case in tribute to a much-loved colleague.
 Staff at Blanchards Bailey…

County councillors oppose move to charge for parking

 Both Blandford’s county councillors have opposed the move, saying they will be questioning…

Recycling wizard Alison’s charity collection

 How many crisp packets are there in 22 kilos of them? A Shaftesbury…

Cracking highway code to reveal ID of Banksy tribute

 A year has passed but the identity of the elusive Dorset Banksy remains…

Gillingham talks facts, myths and climate change

 Gillingham Town Council is inviting everyone to an online presentation by Dr Haydon…

Stalbridge dig reveals past of Dorset’s fifth largest house

 When the Dorset Diggers Community Archaeology Group was formed six years ago the…

3,000 flu jabs a real shot in the arm for medical practice