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Welcome to ‘a ray of sunshine’ in a new world of shopping

As you sit at position 3,094 in your online supermarket queue or stand in position 23 outside the supermarket…

New community food shop in the battle to feed hungry children

A different and dignified community food shop in Sturminster Newton has fed some 470 hungry people, of which 225…

Make a date in your diary to take tour of the dairy

The Cheese Experience tours of Feltham’s Farm & Cheese facility are available from April 1, subject to covid-19. Dates…

Blessed are the cheesemakers who are planning a comeback in 2021

Britain’s champion cheesemakers are planning a post-covid comeback in 2021, with new cheeses and plans to throw open the…

Quiz legal experts about wills on phone for free

Age UK North, South & West Dorset, in partnership with local solicitors from Nantes, Blanchards Bailey and Humphries Kirk,…

Auction a huge success & more on way in 2021

Clarke’s auctions at Semley would like to wish their customers a happy and safe 2021. In view of the new…

Under-insurance could spell disaster

Business already struggling in the wake of covid-19 face another invisible threat in the form of under-insurance. The latest…

Teddy Rocks ready to go this year

Blandford festival Teddy Rocks, which raises funds for children’s cancer charity Teddy 20 and was forced to cancel its…

Children run a Lap of honour

Children at Child Okeford Primary School ran from the capital of Lapland, Rovaniemi to Santa’s home in Korvatunturi in…

Here comes the bride… from 1928

A ‘hugely important addition’ has been made to Blandford Fashion Museum. When Miss Violet Blewden married Walter Sadler on…