Go Alice!
Charity worker Alice Chapman, who could be seen training in the Shillingstone area in the run-up to the London…
Blackmore Vale’s spookiest spots
The spookiest time of the year is nearly here, so what better time to contemplate the Blackmore Vale’s creepiest…
Carnival Comeback
It’s carnival time once again in the Blackmore Vale! CROWDS turned out in force for the Gillingham Carnival at the…
Then & now: Cricket in the Vale
by Lottie Hayton. The first written record of cricket dates to the late 16th century, though some sources identify earlier…
There’s a buzz in the Vale
As more of us are discovering the Zen-like joy of keeping bees, our intrepid reporter donned a bee suit…
Compton Abbas airfield changes hands
Film director Guy Ritchie has bought the landmark Compton Abbas Airfield – which neighbours his Wiltshire estate The Hughes family,…
Charity car wash brings in the cash
Staff and residents at Trinity Manor care home in Sherborne and the town’s firefighters have come together to raise…
Fire crews rescue hedgehog from barn fire near Blandford
FIREFIGHTERS rescued an unusual survivor from a barn fire near Blandford in the early hours of this morning (October…
Man ‘safe and well’ after crashing into tree on A303
EMERGENCY crews were sent to Chicklade on Monday morning (October 10) after a car crashed into a tree. Firefighters from…
CCTV image released after £600 of items taken from fishery
POLICE have released a CCTV image of person they would like to trace after a theft from North Dorset…
