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BVM Lions help deliver flu vaccinations

MEMBERS of Blackmore Vale Lions Club have helped deliver nearly 1,000 flu vaccinations. Milborne Port and Templecombe Medical Centre ran…

Wanted: Police Cadet leaders

COULD you help young people improve their understanding of the law, their communication skills and teamwork? If so, Dorset…

Festive house displays awarded for efforts

FESTIVE households in Mere and West Knoyle have been rewarded for their efforts. A Christmas lights competition was organised by…

Athenaeum Singers seek new recruits

The Athenaeum Singers are looking forward to the restart of their Tuesday evening rehearsals on 10 January. They welcome a…

Ride & Stride raises £85,000 for churches

Hundreds of energetic supporters all over the county cycled, walked and rode – and raised £85,000 in Dorset Historic…

Dinosaur kites a soaring success

Dorset dinosaurs are soaring above the Jurassic Coast – and around the world! But don’t be alarmed, dinos have not…

FootActive staff raise money for Cancer Research

STAFF at Wincanton insole distributor FootActive put their best feet forward to raise much-needed cash for a cancer charity. The…

Gather’s Wool blankets prove success

A Vale couple frustrated at the lack of outlets for wool produced by sheep on their smallholding have come…

Taller mast could boost phone signal

MOBILE 4G signals could soon improve in the Shaftesbury area. A planning application has been submitted for an upgraded mast…

Burns Nights a world apart

Colonel John Nicholas Blashford-Snell CBE recounts more tales as part of his occasional series of articles for the New…