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Martinsdown Circle Suppers celebrates charity donations

Residents of one Dorset town have raised more than £23,000 in seven years of super suppers. MARTINSTOWN Circle Suppers, a…

Rushmore Golf Club’s generous fundraising

Rushmore Golf Club celebrated an outstanding year of fund raising, with club members and friends raking in more than…

Wine store tastes success in national awards

AN independent store in Sherborne has put the town ‘on the wine map’ after scooping a top national award. Vineyards,…

Dorset hospital secures £2m to help free up beds sooner

HOSPITAL beds could be freed up sooner at Dorset County Hospital after £2 million of funding was secured. The Dorchester…

Stalbridge celebrates 10 years of community library

A DECADE of providing literature to the people of Stalbridge was celebrated at an event last month. On February 26,…

Frederick Burge was found dead at his home in Glastonbury

Second arrest in Glastonbury murder probe after death of Frederick Burge

A SECOND man has been arrested by police carrying out a murder probe after the ‘suspicious’ death of a…

Burglars steal alcohol from village Spar shop

ALCOHOL was taken in a raid at a village shop. Burglars targeted the Spar, in Yetminster High Street some time…

MP hits out at ‘ghetto’ plan for refugee caravans in Blandford

“I DO not believe that this proposal is motivated by philanthropy.” The words of North Dorset MP Simon Hoare, who…

‘More mortgages are now available’

MORTGAGE rates are falling and product choice is increasing as the market continues to stabilise, according to property agent…

From chef to vet – my unusual career path…

by Paul Doran MA, VetMB, MRCVS, Friars Moor Livestock Health. SEVERAL of my colleagues have suggested that it would be…