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Group raise £1,000 in hours

Volunteers from Riding for the Disabled, Hanford Group and local supporters raised £1,000 in December from the sales of…

Town’s pavements & roads improved

Funding secured by Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership through the Government’s Local Growth Fund is being invested in Gillingham town…

Festive lights and service provide much-needed joy

Toby the donkey led Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus through the twisting lanes of Mere in the Walking Crib…

Mystery as Badger Banksy strikes again

The phantom badger dresser who clothes the three stunning badger sculptures on the Tesco roundabout in Blandford struck again…

Councillors welcome parking U-turn

A U-turn by Dorset Council on its plan to introduce parking charges until 8pm in the evening in its…

All a board, for your information

A new information board has been installed in Station Court at the entrance to the North Dorset Trailway detailing…

Work to start on 90-home scheme

The construction of the first 90 homes of Taylor Wimpey’s Gillingham Lakes development will start this month. The developer…

A roundabout way to mark history

The ancient history of Gillingham, once a Royal Forest, has been encapsulated with the stunning sculptures of a white…

A chance to listen to sounds of the Wessex Ridgeway

A hoard of long-lost CDs with audio commentary recorded along Dorset’s stunning Wessex Ridgeway has been discovered hidden in…

Thousands lost in heartless phone scam

An elderly woman from Sherborne has been scammed out of thousands of pounds after being repeatedly targeted by a…