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Chorus of approval for new daytime singing group

Sing Together is a new day- time opportunity in Blandford for those who love to sing well-known songs in…

Great Motcombe Santa Run, Sunday 5th Decemeber

On your marks, get set, GO! Santa’s on the run at school The Great Motcombe Santa Run is set to…

Fantastic! School prize for plastic drive

Students at Sturminster Newton High School have won a national prize after restarting their Eco Group. The pupils’ green initiatives…

It’s all green for go at pupils’ gardening club project

Staff, parents and children at St Nicholas Primary School in Child Okeford have been using their green fingers for…

‘Visually intrusive’ giant solar farm approved despite huge opposition

Plans for a giant solar farm in the middle of a cherished rural Blackmore Vale landscape have been given…

To brie or not to brie: Shakespeare Cheese is a winner

My cheese board this Christmas is guaranteed to give my guests the wow factor as the delicious Shakespeare Cheese…

Festive market is back, and just in time for Christmas

A go-to place for Christmas gifts, where rural makers come together to offer a feast of wonderful items, is…

Print firm in £1.5m ‘green’ investment

Shaftesbury-based and award-winning Blackmore, printers of the New Blackmore Vale, has invested £1.5m on the latest, greenest, technology as…

Trailway work is receiving all the right signals

North Dorset Railway (NDR) are getting all the right signals from Sturminster Newton Town Council on its environmental improvement…

An amazing day: Bash nets £31k for Stars Appeal

A ‘colossal’ £31,000 was raised in just one day for the Stars Appeal at the Berwick Bash in September…