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The previous owners have left following 18 years at the helm Picture: The Three Wishes

New owners take on the reins at Sherborne’s Three Wishes café

A POPULAR Sherborne café, bistro and bar is set to come under new ownership. Owners of The…

Dike’s director Adam Vincent (right) and Sherborne Food Bank communications volunteer Liz Murray (centre), with customers Mark and Tessa Woodhouse, who contributed a large amount of points to help take the total to more than £650 Picture: Dike & Son

Shoppers at Stalbridge store with “community at its heart” help families in need

CUSTOMERS at a Stalbridge store have helped raise hundreds of pounds for Sherborne Food Bank. The family-run…

The Friends have refurbished the store in Blandford

Blandford charity shop re-opening next week after refurb

A BLANDFORD charity shop will re-open next week after a full refurbishment. The Friends of Blandford Community Hospital charity shop…

A three-screen cinema is planned for the building in South Street, Wincanton. Picture: Google

Cinema set to return to Wincanton with three-screen complex in South Street

WINCANTON is set to get a new cinema – and it could be open before the end of the…

The current EV charging provision were said to not meet the demands of motorists Picture: JMS Planning & Development

Gillingham Service Station to expand EV charging hub with six new rapid bays

GILLINGHAM Service Station’s plans to increase its electric vehicle (EV) charging provision from two bays to…

Nigel Turton, Phil Kimbrey and fellow director Badger Meadon Picture: The Penny Tap/CAMRA

The Penny Tap in Sixpenny Handley is ‘best rural pub in East Dorset’

A PUB in a Dorset village has been recognised with a prestigious award. The Penny Tap in Sixpenny Handley was…

The applicant will be hoping these revised plans will be approved by Somerset Council Picture: Somerset Council

Craft beer bar plan for Wincanton’s High Street resubmitted after initial refusal

A PLAN to bring a beer and bottle craft bar to Wincanton has been resubmitted after it was initially…

FOLDE Dorset, in Shaftesbury, has been awarded B Crops status

Shaftesbury’s FOLDE Dorset shop in the running for Independent Bookshop of the Year – again!

Dorset tourism businesses were elebrated at the awards Picture: Dorset Tourism Awards

Dorset tourism business stars celebrated at awards

AN awards night celebrated the very best tourism businesses Dorset has to offer. 61 winner trophies were presented to businesses…

The Blandford branch is set to close on November 10 Picture: Google

Concern for most vulnerable following Lloyds Blandford closure announcement

QUESTIONS have been raised of what the future could hold for elderly people in the Blandford area following the…