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Pub raises a glass to huge support from the local community

The Cross Keys Inn at Lydford-on-Fosse has raised a massive £2,500 for the mental health charity MIND. A presentation…

Newell’s up the junction

Work on a busy junction in the centre of Sherborne is not expected to be completed on time. In July,…

Then & now: Shillingstone Station

The station at Shillingstone reflects the fortunes of the wider British railway network. Once thriving, it fell into disrepair…

Look don’t leap!

Veteran skydiver Mike Richard, 88, from Tisbury might not be throwing himself out of planes any more, but he…

NDRFC holds onto the Badger cup

By Andrew Wallace Clune. NDRFC 1st XV 41 – Blandford 7 NDRFC 2nd XV 8 – Bradford on Avon 19 North Dorset…

£80,000 of plant machinery recovered after Cranborne theft

MORE than £80,000 worth of plant believed to have been stolen from the Wimborne area has been recovered by…

PICTURES: UFO caught on camera in Dorset skies

A NATURE photographer has opened a case of the X-Files after inadvertently capturing a UFO in Dorset skies. Bournemouth-based Pete…

UK Chief Veterinary Officer, Christine Middlemiss (credit gov.uk)

Defra orders all birds to be housed to stop spread of bird flu

ALL birds must be kept indoors from Monday (November 7) until further notice, as efforts to curb the spread…

Arrests after Gillingham premises targeted by burglars

POLICE have made two arrests after attempted burglaries at premises in Gillingham. Thieves struck at The Slade Centre, in The…

Gillingham barbers and coffee shop targeted by burglars

A BARBERS and a coffee shop in Gillingham were targeted by burglars. Police have appealed for information after the raids,…