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Dan with Rob McElhenney at Bloomfield Road Picture: The Kitchen at Blandford

Wrexham’s Rob McElhenney poses for photo in chance encounter with Blandford café managers

WREXHAM AFC’s very own Hollywood superstar – no, not that one – posed for a photo with the managers…

The Plough at Manston (left) was one of 27 businesses that joined in with the raffle Pictures: Blackmore Vale Lions Club

Egg-straordinary effort as Vale pubs and shops raise thousands for Lions with giant Easter eggs

PUBS and shops across the Blackmore Vale have helped raise thousands of pounds for charitable causes this Easter. 27 businesses…

Ibti says her pain "has reached unbearable levels" Picture: Go Fund Me

Gillingham raffle to raise funds for woman’s life-changing endometriosis operation

A RAFFLE in Gillingham is set to raise much-needed funds to help a woman access specialist surgery and get…

Jean served the town for more than 40 years as town crier Picture: Blandford Forum Town Council

Tributes pour in for “beloved” Blandford town crier following death

A WOMAN who served as Blandford’s town crier for more than 40 years has sadly passed away. Jean Jeffery died…

A Changing Places facility. Picture: Changing Places

DCH gets £100,000 for specially-designed toilets for disabled people and carers

A DORSET hospital has been awarded £100,000 to install specially-designed toilet facilities for disabled people and their carers. Dorset County…

Expect lots of drama and action at this year's show Picture: Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show

Jousting knights and daredevil riders to wow crowds at Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show

MEDIEVAL knights will be battling it out for the very first time at this year’s Gillingham…

Work on the new Waste Management Centre in Blandford is continuing. Picture: Dorset Council

Traffic lights in Blandford coming down for Easter – before new ones get started

TEMPORARY traffic lights in Blandford are set to be removed over the Easter weekend in a bid to ease…

Benjamin Charles Foster, of Yeovil, has been jailed for four years. Picture: Dorset Police

Man jailed over crash near Sherborne which left three with serious injuries

YEOVIL man Benjamin Charles Foster has been jailed for four years after he admitted causing serious…

The crash happened in Bournemouth Road, near the junction with Chettell Way, Blandford. Picture: Google

Man suffers ‘serious leg injury’ after crash in Blandford

A MAN in his 20s suffered a “serious leg injury” after a crash in Blandford on Tuesday morning (April…

Police tracing elderly driver after crash which injured biker

THE elderly driver of a car involved in a crash with a motorcycle in Bridport took details from the…