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Donate your Winter Fuel Payment

Somerset Community Foundation (SCF) has launched this year’s Surviving Winter appeal, which encourages people who can afford it to…

Scrubs up nicely!

The National Trust’s conservation team at Stourhead, near Mere in Wiltshire, have completed a week of preventive work caring…

Full house for bingo fundraiser

THE numbers came up at a fundraiser in Wincanton for Yeovil District Hospital’s New Breast Cancer Unit Appeal. A bingo…

Support for Dorchester residents

The Wessex Cancer Trust, a charity that provides free emotional wellbeing services to anyone affected by cancer, is coming…

Christmas Fair returns to Shillingstone

Youngsters Isaac and Faith Young (pictured) are eagerly waiting to see Santa at the Christmas Fair being held at…

A warm, caring school

Shillingstone primary school headteacher is ‘delighted’ after inspectors rated it as ‘good’. Shillingstone CofE Primary School was praised as a…

Vale veteran hits the silver screen

Not a lot of people know this – but the Vale is home to a rising star of the…

Then & now: Sturminster Mill

The picturesque Sturminster Newton Mill is one of several flour mills built along the River Stour. However, its position…

NBVM launches Secret Santa Present Appeal

CHRISTMAS is a special time for many of us – and none more so than children. But times are hard…

Air ambulance honours excellence

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