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Food at the restaurant has been praised by The Times Pictures: The Grosvenor Arms

Dorset hotel named in The Times list for best value stay

EXPERTS at The Times have named a Shaftesbury hotel as one of the best places to stay for under…

The first Haynes Motor Museum car boot sale of 2025 takes place on Saturday, April 5

Haynes Motor Museum car boot sale returns this weekend: All you need to know

THIS weekend will see the return of a popular Somerset car boot sale for a new season. Haynes Motor Museum…

Pringles tubes can now be recycled in kerbside collections in Somerset

Somerset recyclers unite! Pringles tubes can now go in your black box

PRINGLES tubes – the nemesis of recycling boxes everywhere – can now be recycled in kerbside collections across Somerset. The…

The hare was set on by a lurcher-type dog before being discarded in a ditch Picture: National Trust Images/Rob Coleman

Man to pay “significant costs” after hare coursing in Dorchester – the first conviction of its kind in Dorset

NEW legislation has been used to order a man to pay “significant costs” after he was found guilty of…

Wincanton to mark VE Day 80 with moment of celebration in Cale Park

WINCANTON will host a “shared moment of celebration” marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day next month. On May 10,…

Two charged after alleged car-jacking near Dorchester

TWO men have been charged in connection with an incident near Dorchester which saw a driver hauled from his…

Gigaclear broadband roll-out provides relief for Stalbridge

MORE than 1,000 residents and businesses in Stalbridge are now able to access fast broadband. Engineers completed work to extend…

Man, 33, arrested after robbery and attempted robberies near Dorchester

A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in connection with an alleged robbery and attempted robberies near Dorchester. The arrest comes…

Gary Cook says he has noticed a drop in the numbers of cuckoos in Shaftesbury over the years Pictures: Gary Cook RSPB

Shaftesbury artist on the “worrying” decline of cuckoos – and how the town’s nature serves as his muse

A SHAFTSBURY environmental painter is calling for nature to take back control to restore what has been lost. Gary Cook,…

WH Smith stores in Shaftesbury, Dorchester and Swanage are set to be rebranded. Pictures: Google

WH Smith to disappear from Vale high streets after shops sold

WH Smith is to disappear from Vale high streets after the firm sold its shops for £76 million. Hobbycraft owner,…