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Wincanton High Street Discworld Emporium building up for sale

THE Discworld Emporium in Wincanton is up for sale. The Grade II listed property, at 41 High Street, has been...

Motcombe youngsters sing for Archbishop of Canterbury

MOTCOMBE Primary School pupils sang for the Archbishop of Canterbury over the weekend. The youngsters were at Salisbury Cathedral on...

New first responder vehicles in use after £128,000 grant

SIX new first responder ambulance vehicles are on the streets of the south west thanks to a £128,000 grant. The...

Van damaged in Frome fire in residential street

A VAN was damaged by fire in a Frome street last night (June 11). Firefighters from the town, and from...

Building badly damaged by fire in Motcombe

A BUILDING in Motcombe was badly damaged by fire on Friday evening (June 9). The incident, at Lodge Lane, was...

How Wincanton became linked with Terry Pratchett and Discworld

"COMING back to where you started is not the same as never leaving." So wrote Sir Terry Pratchett in A...

LETTER: ‘Councillors need to wake up before they ruin Dorset’

I COMPLETELY agree with the letter on housing in the New Blackmore Vale ('How much housing is enough?', Letters, April...

LETTER: ‘MPs are absent – so why obsess over councillor?’

CHRIS Loder MP may have a point – New Blackmore Vale, May 23 – regarding the absent Sherborne local councillor,...

LETTER: ‘Council has a lack of interest in Sherborne’

DURING the many years that I was Sherborne Town Council’s chair of planning, I repeatedly raised the matter of decaying...

New book reveals 10 secrets of the Tarrant Valley

Local author reveals interesting and little-known facts about our churches A recently published Dorset book relates some fascinating, little-known facts...