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Town pays its respects at service of Remembrance

Blandford’s Remembrance Service was brought forward to November 4, the day before lockdown started, and held not in the…

Council’s fund in bid to aid covid recovery

Sherborne Town Council has launched a Community Pandemic Recovery Fund. As coronavirus restrictions begin to increase again, Sherborne Town…

Stolen archives of Alan Turing returned to school

Stolen memorabilia and accolades belonging to Second World War Bletchley Park code-breaker Alan Turing are to be returned to…

Care homes’ poppy tribute

  Care home residents in Sherborne and Blandford made beautiful displays for Remembrance Day. Residents of Colten Care homes Abbey View…

Archive pictures shows Dorset beginnings of animal sanctuary

  Those with long memories and possible local ancestry may well remember when Ferne Estate, located in the parish of…

Pearl appeal for a very worthy cause

AT the start of 1918, three years before the British Legion held their first Poppy Appeal, the Red Cross…

Benefits help for over-50s

Age UK North, South & West Dorset holds regular surgeries where over 50s can come and ask an expert…

Council stops leisure centre funding

Council tax payers in Blandford will not be asked again to pay extra to support the town’s leisure centre…

Signals soldiers help out with gravestone tidy-up

  REMEMBRANCE activities will sadly be restricted this year with covid restrictions making the usual gatherings and parade impossible. But…

Handlebars are wunderbar at law firm

  Solicitors in Blandford are tackling a particularly hair- raising case in tribute to a much-loved colleague.
 Staff at Blanchards Bailey…