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Classical concert celebrates the sea

Members of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra will be celebrating the sea in a special concert at The Exchange in Sturminster…

Folk star plays intimate venue

Irish singing sensation Daoiri ‘Derry’ Farrell is returning to the White Hart, Bishops Caundle, after performing to a packed…

Prize helped Kit become an award-winning author

Author Kit de Waal, who comes to BridLit next month, won The Bridport Prize two years in a row…

King Henry VIII and the colourful history of the parish register…

by Laura Manning. The Blackmore Vale Family History Group welcomed the secretary of the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society…

Youngsters make wishes come true

Pupils at Semley C of E Primary School have covered the distance of five marathons between them to raise…

Get your Autumn booster jab now!

Around 450,000 Dorset residents are being encouraged to sign up for Covid-19 booster jabs and give their immunity a…

Read Easy

With three events in three days in Shaftesbury, Gillingham and Marnhull, the group Read Easy Blackmore Vale has been…

A walk around… Poyntington

Soak up the stunning scenery as you walk with retired Dorset rights of way officer Chris Slade This is a…

Dorchester remembers

A war memorial in Dorchester has been extended to include many who lost their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dorset…

Gillingham Library gets money-saving makeover

Solar panels and LED lighting among a raft of measures that will see the library save £40,000 a year…