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Full steam ahead!

Fingers crossed for sunshine this May as preparations for the annual Three Okefords Rally at Shillingstone get underway. The weekend…

Three games in four days awaits Wincanton

WINCANTON TOWN kick off a busy end to the season this evening as they travel to Shierhampton before welcoming…

Meditations in nature: Ode to the ancient

by Susie Curtin March is named after Mars, the Roman god of war. It is quite fitting, then, that today…

Former T20 Blast winner Whiteley joins Dorset

DORSET CCC have made a big signing ahead of their white-ball season with the arrival of Ross Whiteley. Whiteley will…

Child airlifted to hospital after crash at Cerne Abbas

A CHILD was airlifted to hospital after a crash near Dorchester this morning (April 6). Dorset Police received were called…

Shaftesbury haulier John Pritchard caused ‘unnecessary suffering’ to calves

A SHAFTESBURY livestock haulier who transported 35 calves from a Dorset farm to a slaughterhouse in Wiltshire has been…

‘A long, painful year…’: 12 months on from allegations against MP David Warburton

‘WE cannot provide any information on any complaint, including whether or not a complaint has been received.’ It is 12 months since Somerton…

Four ‘seriously injured’ in crash on A3030 near Sherborne

FOUR people were seriously injured in a crash in Sherborne. The incident happened on the A3030 at Hawkins Hill, Caundle…

UK-wide emergency mobile phone alert test: Date and time revealed

MOBILE phones across the country will burst into life at 3pm on Sunday, April 23 – but don’t be…

Covid mask mandate at Dorset County Hospital to end

MASKS will no longer be mandatory at a Dorset hospital from next week (April 11). Dorset County Hospital has announced…