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Man found passed out in driver’s seat of van after crash jailed

A MAN found passed out in the driver’s seat of a car after driving erratically on the A303 before…

Audition for a role in this year’s Wincanton panto!

BUDDING actors are being encouraged to try their luck for a role in an upcoming pantomime. Wincanton Amateur Dramatics Society…

Crash closes A303 between Sparkford and Wincanton

A CRASH has seen traffic held on the A303 near Sparkford. The incident, on the westbound carriageway, happened before the…

Window and door smashed at Blandford bike shop in attempted break-in

A WINDOW and door glass were smashed at a Blandford bike shop during an attempted burglary. The damage happened at…

WIN Family Tickets with Jay Miller’s Circus

Win Family Circus Tickets The circus is coming to town! Jay Miller’s Circus to be exact, one of the UK’s…

LETTER: ‘Find ways to revitalise historic building’

MAY I as a comparatively recent resident of Sherborne add my plea for action to save Newell House…

Simon Hoare ‘claimed four times for £80 driving charges’: Report

NORTH Dorset MP Simon Hoare claimed four times for £80 motoring fines, according to a new report. Conservative Mr Hoare,…

£200k funding for Dorset to tackle drug use in young people

DORSET has been handed £200,000 of funding to investigate and reduce demand for drugs among young people. The cash has…

LETTER: ‘MP’s column provokes a sigh with each paragraph…’

CHRIS Loder’s column – New Blackmore Vale, April 14 – provokes a sigh with each paragraph. Dorset to pilot…

Health firm’s coffee morning raises cash for Dorset cancer charity

A COFFEE morning held by a firm that helps people recover from injury and illness gave a county cancer…