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Verwood has a blooming good autumn show

Despite one of the most challenging summers in recent years, the show benches were packed with colour and variety at Verwood & District Horticultural...

A small green space with a very big problem

A small patch of grass at Coles Close in Sturminster Newton has become the focus of a surprisingly difficult question. The town needs more...
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OPINIONS

Déjà vu, Dorset? Planning the plan … but can we just get on with...

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Dorset Council is developing a Local Plan. If you’re getting déjà vu, don’t worry. You are correct, you have heard it all before.A plan...

Fastest finger first is no way to fund the countryside

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After missing SFI24 and successfully navigating this year’s six-hour scramble, George Hosford argues that the problem is bigger than the size of the pot Dad...

Dorset History

Then and Now: Beaminster in 1979 and 2026

Dreams will come true,’ says Mrs T - Beaminster, 1975 Just 17 days after becoming leader of the oppostion, Margaret Thatcher, honouring a previous commitment,...

wildlife

Wild Woodbury – five years on

Back in 2021, an extraordinary transformation began on a stretch of intensively farmed land on the edge of Bere Regis.Today, Wild Woodbury – Dorset...

Dorset Life October issue, out now

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October appears to be the issue in which some excellent, serious and sensible Dorset journalism somehow involves fishing-lure addiction, a missing tank, a vampire,...
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Dorset Walks

business news

From dining table to 30 staff for MJP Law

A Wimborne law firm that began at a family dining table has grown to 30 staff in three offices as it marks 20 years...

Taste of the West expands support for South West

Taste of the West has launched a new membership programme aimed at giving South West food and drink businesses more practical support, one year...

Is your brand getting lost in translation?

'Tuna fishing with James Bond.''Sorry … what?'If you’ve ever played the kids whispering game, or made a telephone from two cups and a piece...

Dorset-born Muc-Off takes forest partnership back to its roots

One of Dorset’s best-known brands is taking its environmental work back into the landscapes that helped shape its cycling identity.Muc-Off has signed a three-year...

James May joins Hall & Woodhouse to brew The Spanner

Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse has launched a new cask ale in partnership with broadcaster and pub owner James May.The Spanner is a 3.8...

Equestrian

How The Sass Queen trained through Dorset’s driest summer

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After a summer of concrete-hard ground and relentless heat, Tamsin had to rethink how she kept The Sass Queen fit and sound – and...

Chasing speed, finding precision

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From North Dorset to the American rodeo circuit, Luke Burridge turned a teen family holiday discovery into a high-speed international barrel racing career Based in...

The one in which Basil and Jess represent Team GB and have an unforgettable...

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Wow… where do I even begin?Last month I wrote that I was anxiously waiting to hear whether Basil and I had been selected to...

Carl Hester MBE returns to where it all began

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An evening with the Olympic rider highlighted the work of the Fortune Centre, where horses are helping young people build confidence, skills and a...

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