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Dorset angling club raises £1,100 for air ambulance

STURMINSTER & Hinton Angling Club chairman Ian Paulley presents a cheque for £1,100 to Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance…

FARMING: Lights, camera, action down at the farm shop!

by ALICE KIMBER from Kimber’s Farm Shop WHAT a difference a week makes – the rain stopped, the sun shone, the…

FARMING COLUMN: ‘Big team keeps show on the road’

by JO CHILD BvetMed CertAVP MRCVS Director Friars Moor Livestock Health THIS month I wanted to look at the roles that make…

Forget the coronation picnic – it’s action stations after fly strike report!

by Tria Stebbing WITH the village enjoying a coronation picnic on the parish field, the sun came out, which meant…

Awards glory at Neal’s Yard

DORSET success story Neal’s Yard Remedies has been named International Business of the Year at the prestigious Solent 250…

PETS COLUMN: When behaviour is due to a physical cause, part two

by Lynn Broom, Longmead Veterinary Practice THIS is the second of two articles on how physical factors can affect…

2.5m people are off work due to ill health, latest job figures reveal

MORE than 2.5 million people are off work due to ill health, according to new figures. The latest employment figures…

‘Britain’s Bravest’ point way ahead with signs role

DID you know, many of the signs you use to help navigate your way around the roads of Britain…

RECIPE: Easy cheesecake takes the biscuit

Recipe and photos by Lorraine Gibson THERE’S always a perfectly good excuse to have a biscuit, but since it’s National…

FOOD COLUMN: ‘TB testing a stressful time for all’

by Barbara Cossins IT’S been a long week on the family farm as the dreaded TB testing has been taking…