RNLI in appeal to potential lifesavers
The Blackmore Vale branch of the RNLI is appealing for urgent support in order to fund its lifeguards on…
Market towns to get £440k improvements
Eleven market towns in South Somerset will receive grant funding for projects to improve the appearance of their town…
RBL marks 100 years of support
Wincanton Branch of the Royal British Legion held a short and small commemoration at the town’s War Memorial on…
Opposition grows to scheme for giant
A bid to build one of Britain’s biggest solar power stations on 190 acres, the size of more than…
Postmistress left suicidal by Horizon
Former Yetminster postmistress Tracey Merritt is broken. For ten long and torturous years she has fought against false charges…
Such sadness at passing of Duke of Edinburgh
I write this with great sadness following the passing of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. I have sent…
In tents drive to fund much-loved marquee
The love Sandford Orcas villagers feel for their local was evident after they banded together and raised enough money…
Family’s protest at new protest Bill
The Chapman family from Shillingstone staged a peaceful ‘Kill the Bill’ protest in the square at Blandford Forum on…
Iconic landmark set to benefit from extensive weeding
One of Dorset’s most iconic landmarks, the 180 metre-long wall along Gold Hill, the steep, ancient cobbled Shaftesbury street,…
Police keep a vigil at home of millionaire
A police presence remained this week outside the home of Sir Richard Sutton, 83, found dead at his North…