Funding boost for barn owls & bats
Funding to help conserve the iconic barn owl and horseshoe bat in Dorset has been granted as part of the government’s Green…
Club gearing up for cycle fundraiser
Shaftesbury Rotary Club’s North Dorset Cycle Ride is gearing up for May 16 following careful planning to meet covid…
A record £110k for churches from Ride+Stride
Dorset Historic Churches Trust raised an amazing £110,000 – a record amount – with its annual Ride+Stride. A spokesman…
Army’s thanks with hand-over of hampers
Army families whose loved ones are serving on Operation Cabrit in Poland received luxury food hampers from The Regimental…
New hospital units in £3.7bn scheme
Five new hospital units are set to be built in Dorset, and two in Somerset as part of a…
Laptops donations welcomed by schools
More than 30 laptops have been donated to schools in the Bruton area after the community banded together to…
Shaftesbury TiC in the running for annual tourism award
The community-run tourist information centre in Shaftesbury is one of several Blackmore Vale enterprises that are contenders in the…
Stage skills classes set to launch soon
Youngsters will be able to immerse themselves regularly in a mix of performance and backstage skills at The Corn…
Former NatWest building designated a listed building by Historic England
The old NatWest building in Gillingham has been designated as a listed building by Historic England despite lying empty…
Neighbours and ramblers opposing scheme for 30 homes
A significant number of objections had been received by the closing date on January 3 to proposals for 30…