blackmorevale

A valuable archive

Windrose Rural Media Trust has been giving a voice to people living in the wilder areas of Dorset, Somerset…

Planet Shaftesbury tackles light pollution

An illustrated talk at Shaftesbury Town Hall this October promises to offer illuminating solutions to the problem of unnatural…

Lost Summer, August 2022

Struck by the ‘false autumn’ happening in her family’s garden, a photographer reflects on the changes happening around us… by…

Five Vale women raise £1,700 for Alzheimer’s Society

Five women have put their best foot forward and raised £1,700 for the Alzheimer’s Society in the Trek 26…

Ride & Stride is a super success

Rector of Sherborne Abbey the Rev Martin Lee sent the participants in Dorset Historic Churches Trust’s annual Ride &…

Record-breaking beer festival fundraiser!

More than 1,500 beer lovers raised a glass and a record-breaking £13,638 for Dorset Mind at the Hall &…

The big cheeses in British cheese

The British Cheese Awards are set to return to the Bath & West Showground at Shepton Mallet for the…

Marathon effort

Anyone who lives within a 10-mile radius of Shillingstone may have spotted charity worker Alice Chapman training for the London…

Cartoon capers

Cartoonists from all over the country – including the Blackmore Vale’s very own bagpiping cartoonist Lyndon Wall – headed…

A big thank you!

Samuel Day, who has cerebral palsy, is joining in with all his family’s activities thanks to Somerton & District…