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Residents and staff helping Pudsey

Covid-19 restrictions didn’t stop residents and staff at Brook Lodge care home in Gillingham from putting on their pinnies…

Concerns raised over new farm strategy

“You can’t be green if you are in the red,” said NFU Somerset chairman and farmer Tom Kimber in…

Foodbank donations appeal

Care homes in North Dorset are taking in foodbank donations after a surge in demand. Colten Care has joined…

Legal move to thwart tunnel at Stonehenge

The Stonehenge Alliance campaign group is launching a legal challenge to stop the government plan for a £1.7bn two-mile…

New flagpole flying high at memorial

East Stour Sundial War Memorial has a new flagpole thanks to an anonymous donation to the Village Action Plan.
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Inquiry opens into second phase of 350-home scheme

A public enquiry opened on December 1 into proposals by Bellway Homes (Wessex) Ltd for the next phase of…

Funding bid for hospital televisions

A former paediatric nurse from Shaftesbury is planning to raise funds for televisions for patients to enjoy on the…

Weldmar branching out with tree collection

Weldmar Hospicecare will be collecting and recycling real Christmas trees from across Dorset in early January. For a suggested…

Solar farms plans under discussion

The possibility of two large solar farms within eight kilometres of each other in the Blackmore Vale has been…

Story writers are club’s virtual winners

Blandford Rotary Club’s annual Short Story competition in its sixth year took a very different form when it was…