Dragon boats at Sherborne Castle
Dragon boats will be back on the lake in front of Sherborne Castle on the late May bank holiday, as one of the highlights of Sherborne Castle Country Fair. Colourful and exciting, dragon...
Best-ever results for North Dorset Turbos
TWENTY swimmers from North Dorset Turbos swimming club took part in the Dorset County Championships over the last two weekends in February and achieved the club's best ever results. Medals...
A Year in the Woods
Mathew Manning talks with Colin Elford; a local wildlife ranger who has written a book based on his fascinating working life. THE secre...
Chris gets set for 2,000-mile solo ride
A PENSIONER from Gillingham is getting ready to cycle nearly 2,000 miles on his own to help wounded soldiers. Former soldier, 75-year-o...
Bruton girls shine at national awards
A PUPIL from Bruton Schools for Girls picked up a top prize at the recent Cranmer Awards in London. Harriet Sharp, representing the...
Petition and No 10 lobby to defend homoeopathy
There was a mass lobby of Parliament last week defending the use of homoeopathy within the NHS. Oliver Dowding, the Blackmore Vale and Fosse Way Magazines's organic farming columnist, was...
Church Windows
New vicar for Bradford Abbas, Thornford and Beer Hackett THE Diocese of Salisbury have had to shed one Stipendiary Priest's post in the Sherborne Deanery, and this has meant that the post...
Catching up with Carymoor
Over recent years, former landfill ground at Dimmer near Castle Cary has been transformed into a thriving nature reserve by Carymoor...
Honorary Freemen of Shaftesbury
AT a meeting of the council in October last year, it was decided that the mayor and members of the town council of Shaftesbury would...
Poll shows public in South West want a bank they can trust
MORE than three-quarters of people living in south west England believe there is a need for a publicly run bank, and just under two-thirds (63%) say they would be likely to use such a bank...
