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The project helps people access nature and farming in Dorset. Picture: Unsplash/Viktor Forgacs

£100,000 grant to boost access to farming for disabled people

A SCHEME helping disabled people explore and understand farming in Dorset has been boosted by a £100,000 grant. The Stepping…

Residents were able to get up close and personal with the alpacas in Shaftesbury

Care home residents take walk on the wild side with alpacas in Shaftesbury

CARE home residents took a walk on the wild side when they met alpacas during a recent excursion in…

Proposed rules on dogs in public places revealed in Dorset Council papers

PROPOSED restrictions on dogs in public places – including a maximum lead length of 2m and a standardised beach…

Stump Cross Bridge, in Shepton Mallet, is set to get a new lease of life. Picture: National Highways

Disused railway bridge set for new lease of life as cycle and walking route

A DISUSED Somerset railway bridge that has become a notorious fly-tipping spot is set to get a new lease…

Three men are in court following the incident in December 2023

Man appears in court charged with assault over incident ‘in relation to a hunt’

A MAN has appeared in court charged with assault after an incident ‘in relation to a hunt’ last year. Steven…

Dorset rewilding project ‘has added 300 species at site’

MORE than 300 species have been added to a list of occupants at a Dorset site – two years…

Homeowners on new Stalbridge development handed bird boxes, seeds and more

KETTLE, tea bags, milk, bird box… The welcome pack handed to new homeowners at a development in Stalbridge has expanded…

Meet officers from Dorset Police’s rural team in Cerne Abbas

RESIDENTS will have the chance to meet the rural policing team at an event next week. The Dorset Police Rural…

Grant money to save threatened species in Dorset

PROJECTS to protect threatened animal species in Dorset will benefit from a share of £14.5 million of funding, it…

PICTURES: Dorchester hosts inaugural Dorset COP climate event

AN event in Dorchester highlighting the fight against climate change has been hailed a ‘huge success’ by organisers -…