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Schools and other groups can take part in Plant Your Pants. Picture: The Countryside Trust

Plant Your Pants this spring – to see what’s going on ‘down there’!

PEOPLE in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire are being urged to plant their pants – yes, pants – this spring,…

Financial support grants on offer to households in Dorset

FINANCIAL help is available for Dorset Council residents who aren’t connected to mains gas, or who meet other criteria. Citizens…

Recycling collections in Dorset over Christmas have been announced

Christmas bin collection dates in Dorset announced: Check yours…

CHRISTMAS bin collection dates in Dorset have been confirmed. Dorset Council has detailed the days – and changes – of…

Valerie Singleton with Fionn de Trey-White, who came third in pumpkin competition

Blue Peter legend Valerie Singleton judges Vale pumpkin competition

BLUE Peter legend Valerie Singleton was back in the Vale to judge a village pumpkin competition. Valerie returned to her…

The Office of National Statistics conducts an annual English Housing Survey

More than 9 million homes “underoccupied”: survey shows

By Kye Harman, marketing manager of Armishaws Removals ACCORDING to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), the average…

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…

Average house price fell by £14,000 to August, says Halifax

THE price of an average house fell by around £14,000 in the year to the end of August, according…

Dorset sculpture park wins global ‘botanic garden’ accolade

A DORSET sculpture park and art venue has been handed a prestigious honour enjoyed by just 83 locations around…

PICTURES: The 300-year-old mystery of Stourton Castle has been solved

THE mystery of a missing Wiltshire castle has been solved. For three centuries, mystery has surrounded the whereabouts of Stourton…

Open gardens at Hatch House to raise funds for Salisbury Hospice

THE idyllic setting of Hatch House will be the venue for the Salisbury Hospice Charity Open Garden event next…