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Suspect Land Rover alert

Farmers and landowners are being alerted to a vehicle whose occupants are behaving suspiciously in north Dorset. Dorset Police…

We’re helping wild owls – and they’re helping us humans too

By Alan Wells, founder of Pitcombe Rock Falconry Owl Box Project Extraordinarily little is known about the good work carried…

Spare a thought for riding schools struggling in lockdown

By Charlotte Williams After reading about the struggles of the nation’s riding schools in a well-known equine magazine, I thought…

Polo: Sport of kings set for comeback

The exact origin of polo – ‘the sport of kings’ is unknown, but it is likely to have been…

Teams up for the cup after abandonment

Quickfire cup competitions are planned for later in spring after lockdowns and the weather forced the regular season in…

Gills hoping to join rivals in upper tier

Gillingham Town FC are hoping to hear this month whether they will be playing in a higher league next…

On your marks: Get set for big reopening

Sport is returning to the region with a swathe of differing venues able to open from the end of…

Board members sought for Guys Marsh

Inside every prison there is an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), which is made up from members of the public,…

Candidate’s pledge to fight for victims

North Dorset resident Liz Webster is standing for the role of Police and Crime Commissioner in the elections on…

MP backing campaign to save our pubs

Beer sales in British pubs halved last year dropping to the lowest levels since the 1920s as they faced…