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Rockies score Vase win

Shaftesbury knocked out Combined Counties League Premier South leaders Badshot Lea in the second qualifying round of the FA…

Animal Magic: the strange and the familiar

An artist born and brought up in Dorchester makes a rare return to the town in October for a…

Ready, steady –it’s time to tango!

Tango Calor are one of the most exciting tango bands performing in the UK, appearing at tango dances and…

How art will help refugee family

The Blandford Welcome Group is hosting an art exhibition to support a refugee family coming to settle in Blandford…

Booker Prize contender to open festival

Mere Literary Festival, which raises money for charities in the town and surrounding area, has now been running for…

Elvis’s story from start to tragic end

Elvis tribute artist Rob Kingsley will take fans on a musical journey from the superstar’s musical beginnings to his…

Buzzcocks’ Hardy connection

Buzzcocks frontman Steve Diggle has revealed he was inspired by Thomas Hardy’s tale of Jude the Obscure. The legendary punk…

How war-time bombing raid left 14 dead in sleepy village

by Deborah Gingell A solitary bell rang out across Templecombe railway station to mark the 80th anniversary of the Second…

School pupils’ artwork remembers the Queen

Pupils at Hanford School, Child Okeford, have been celebrating the life of the late Queen Elizabeth II. A special commemorative…

NBVM chats with…David Sidwick, Police & Crime Commissioner for Dorset

Representing the voice of the public in policing is a huge job, but someone’s got to do it well……