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Pupils’ gingerbread rainbow pays tribute to NHS workers

Rainbow loving little ones at Buckland Newton Primary School put on their creative baking hats and made a gingerbread…

Final touches are applied to town’s seats of learning

Final touches were being made last month to the canopied and sculptured seats forming a public art installation at…

Action call after car ploughs into garden

Members of Child Okeford Parish Council are worried a ‘tragedy will happen sooner or later’ unless traffic calming measures…

Lucy reflects on a remarkable century

A former nurse who celebrated her 100th birthday just before Christmas and who still keeps in touch with a…

E-scooter trial goes with a real Zwing

An E-Scooter trial in Yeovil has been hailed the top performing in the UK after users travelled further than…

Marking 35 years of upward mobility

A former aircraft engineer and draughtsman who designed a ‘one-off’ adapted car for a disabled neighbour has seen his…

Group offering free doorstep panto

A theatre company is offering to bring panto to your doorstep for free in Somerset. The Tale of the…

Stage is set for a bright future for remarkable communitiy initiative

When Julian Fellowes, the actor, director and Academy award-winning screenwriter, officially opened The Exchange in Sturminster Newton in 2007,…

This tough year has shown us all at our best

May I begin by wishing all my North Dorset constituents as happy, peaceful and safe a Christmas as possible…

We don’t need more incinerators here

This week, I chaired a round-table discussion hosted by the UK Without Incinerators Network (UKWIN). UKWIN is a not-for-profit…