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Air ambulance honours excellence

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance had a successful night during a national awards event. The Air Ambulance Awards of Excellence…

We will remember them

This weekend will see the Vale unite in tribute to the fallen on Remembrance Sunday. At 11am on 13 November,…

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…

Compton cricket through the centuries

NBVM reader Barbara Elsmore was inspired to fill in the missing pieces from our recent look back on the…

Dorset’s top chef

A CULINARY whizz from Dorset is among the hopefuls in TV cooking contest Masterchef: The Professionals. Charlie Jeffreys is among…

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…

Cattle country

MORE than 60 cattle breeders gathered at a Vale farm to talk all things farming – and to view…

Dorset’s lifeblood

Volunteer drivers based in and around Dorchester convey vital blood supplies across Dorset and Somerset, to hospitals and incidents. Thanks…

The baby died at Yeovil Hospital

Hospital outpatients now have to travel to Taunton

Haematology patients are having to complete a round trip of around 60 miles to attend appointments after a department…

Christmas number 1?

A songwriter has teamed up with his son to record a Christmas single to raise money for two charities…