Fun day of fundraising marks end of lockdown
Light rain in the middle of the afternoon put only a slight dampener on what was indeed a super…
Hedgehog group’s bonfires warning
With the approach of Halloween and Bonfire Night, the Blandford Hedgehog Group is urging people to consider their pets…
Memories to come flooding back with tour of river defences
By Nicci Brown Older readers may remember the floods in Blandford in the 1970s. The only way to travel through Blandford,…
The day that Mr Gladstone visited Gillingham and Mere
By Robert Wellen After Queen Victoria, William Ewart Gladstone was probably the most famous person in late Victorian England. In a…
Stalbridge: The home of the Friendly Society
By Hilary Townsend In 1945, when the first General Election after the last war was being canvassed, students from Oxford…
Lorraine gets there in the end
Lorraine Williams from Stalbridge has reached the finishing line of her epic walking adventure covering a virtual distance from…
Hospital’s future secured as new access road is opened
By Miranda Robertson A £750,000 cash injection has secured the future of Shaftesbury’s Westminster Memorial Hospital – with a new…
Care home’s café is just your cup of tea
At Barchester’s Trinity Manor care home in Sherborne, some key townsfolk recently gathered to discuss some exciting new plans…
Staff honoured by Hospital Friends for pandemic work
By Nicci Brown The Friends of Blandford Community Hospital are continuing to support the hospital and local community, but have…
The Real Cure now adding a great deal of spice to your life
By Miranda Robertson A Shaftesbury couple are enjoying yet more accolades for their charcuterie – with two stars in the…
