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Café is paradise found

An ethical and eco café is offering a slice of paradise in Gillingham.
 Eden, the project of St Mary’s Church,...

Villagers resigned to their fete

On the borders of Dorset and Wiltshire, just off the A303 near Wincanton, the villagers of Pen Selwood are preparing...

Cross the Sahara for Weldmar

If you fancy sleeping under the stars and baking bread in the sand, places are available to join Weldmar’s Overseas...

It’s where business really gets done!

The long-awaited return of the Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show creeps closer with the show scheduled to return over two days...

Country market closes after 55 years

The Sherborne Country Market has officially closed down after 55 years of trading, consigning part of the town’s cultural fabric...

Julia Victoria Cox

Julia Victoria Cox On 3rd August 2021 peacefully in Hays House Residential Home aged 77 years of Shaftesbury, formerly of...

Festival organisers’ delight and relief at event success

Organisers of a music festival in the heart of the Vale pulled out all the stops to get the show...

Here’s the inside story about the success of jail’s farm shop

A month on from the opening of Guy’s Marsh Prison farm shop and the results stretch the imagination. The lupins...

Minister’s county tour

West Dorset MP Chris Loder gave Tourism Minister Nigel Huddleston a whistle stop tour of Dorset ‘to ensure the Government...

Keep this in mind for mental health

Men are being offered help with their mental health through a variety of social groups and activities in Gillingham and...