Early retirement causing shortages
PEOPLE retiring early is a major cause of labour shortages in the UK, a new report claims. The document, from…
Hanford triumphs at show jumping
PUPILS from across the year groups at Hanford School, Child Okeford, took part in the National Schools Equestrian Association…
Vegetable hash great with festive leftovers
By Rebecca Vincent. For this recipe I’ve chosen two seasonal vegetables that tend to divide opinion, Brussels Sprouts and Jerusalem…
It’s time to bring back Eat Out to Help Out
By Barbara Cossins. SEPTEMBER and October weather gave all of us in hospitality an extended late summer and autumn with…
Plans submitted for 10-plot Gypsy and Traveller site in Mere
Ruston Planning, on behalf of the landowner, have lodged plans for the site at The Stables, Mapperton Hill, with…
It’s time for a re-think on conifers
By Sally Gregson. IT often comes as a surprise that plants suffer the vagaries of fashion but it seems that…
A walk around… Alton Pancras
Soak up the scenery as you walk with retired Dorset rights of way officer Chris Slade. Park near the Church,…
Speedy Santas
Intrepid runners turned out for a festive fundraiser in Motcombe – raising nearly £4,000 for their primary school. Despite icy…
School praised in Ofsted’s report
A BLANDFORD school has been praised for having a ‘caring ethos’. Ofsted inspectors visited Milldown CofE Academy in October and…
Your toy donations will give poorly youngsters a boost this Christmas
“THESE will make a lot of children very happy.” New Blackmore Vale readers have done themselves proud in donating toys…
