Vale veteran hits the silver screen
Not a lot of people know this – but the Vale is home to a
rising star of the big screen who recently worked...
Then & now: Sturminster Mill
The picturesque Sturminster Newton Mill is one of several flour mills built along the River Stour. However, its position at the crossing point between...
NBVM launches Secret Santa Present Appeal
CHRISTMAS is a special time for many of us – and none more so than children.
But times are hard – a cost of living...
Air ambulance honours excellence
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance had a successful night during a national awards event.
The Air Ambulance Awards of Excellence took place on 14 November,...
We will remember them
This weekend will see the Vale unite in tribute to the fallen on Remembrance Sunday.
At 11am on 13 November, two minutes’ silence will be...
How Pantry puts food on the table
By Paul Jones.
‘I DON’T know how we would have survived without your help...’
It reads like a line from a patient to a doctor, thanking...
Compton cricket through the centuries
NBVM reader Barbara Elsmore was inspired to fill in the missing pieces from our recent look back on the rich cricketing history of Compton...
Dorset’s top chef
A CULINARY whizz from Dorset is among the hopefuls in TV cooking contest Masterchef: The Professionals.
Charlie Jeffreys is among those battling it out to...
NDRFC holds onto the Badger cup
By Andrew Wallace Clune.
NDRFC 1st XV 41 – Blandford 7
NDRFC 2nd XV 8 – Bradford on Avon 19
North Dorset 1st XV took on old...
Cattle country
MORE than 60 cattle breeders gathered at a Vale farm to talk all things farming - and to view some spectacular cattle.
Breeders and farmers,...