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Six year old remains in hospital after A37 crash near Dorchester

A SIX-year-old girl remains in hospital after a crash near Dorchester (link: https://blackmorevale.net/six-year-old-seriously-injured-in-a37-crash-near-dorchester/) last month. The incident, involving a…

Teen injured after attack in Sherborne park

A TEENAGER suffered a swollen eye and bruised ribs after being attacked in a Sherborne park. Police are investigating after…

Ins and outs of the breeding period

By Alice Miller BVSC DBR MRCVS Friars Moor Livestock Health. RECENTLY we have been busy helping our autumn block calving…

It’s calving time down on the farm

By Ruth Kimber. The Harvest Festival service was held this year on a neighbouring farm – this is the third…

King had all the moves with the girls

By Tria Stebbing. The parched brown field now seems a distant memory as the grass is growing very fast. The…

Step into the last days of autumn – there’s still nature to see…

By A J Selby The summer sun is fading as the year grows old, and darker days are drawing near Justin…

Three cheers for Dorset’s specialist auctioneer of classic vehicles!

First cheer: despite the gloom and despondency around us, DVCA is putting together another exciting sale of Vintage and…

Meditations in nature: In search of colour

By Dr Susie Curtin. Today the sky is the colour of my mood, dark, heavy and full of tears. But…

We must never forget their sacrifice

By Alice Johnsen. Tyne Cot Cemetery lies about 10km outside Ypres. First appearances are of a relatively normal beautifully kept…

Major health benefits of mushrooms

By Fiona Chapman. It is mushroom and toadstool season. This damp weather has really encouraged all the fungus to grow…