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Calls for action over bovine TB

Thursday, September 02, 2010

CALLS have been made to tackle bovine tuberculosis in hot spots immediately as industry leaders say the disease is becoming endemic in Dorset and...

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Football fan over the moon with £1k prize after correctly predicting results

Thursday, September 02, 2010

A CASH prize of £1,000 has been won by a Bourton man in a competition run by Gillingham Town FC. Fred Swift, 63, won the club's "Three and Easy"...

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Star's descendant to talk about film

Thursday, September 02, 2010

DORSET arts promoters Wessex Dress Circle will on Sunday be hosting a matinee screening of Gone With The Wind with an introduction by the great...

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Ewe can't beat Dave's cheese as he scoops prizes

Thursday, September 02, 2010

SPECIALIST cheese makers travelled down to West Dorset from Mendip to fly the flag for their district. Dave and James Bartlett set up the Wootton...

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Horse Watch can help beat thieves

Thursday, September 02, 2010

HORSE owners across Dorset are being encouraged to join a new crime prevention scheme to thwart would-be livestock thieves. Dorset Police has already...

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Auction draws crowds as herd and machinery is sold off

Thursday, September 02, 2010

AUCTIONEERS Greenslade Taylor Hunt's farm sales department carried out the dispersal of Mr and Mrs David Jeanes' dairy herd and machinery following...

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Report sets out bid for a joint leader

Thursday, September 02, 2010

THE appointment of a single chief executive for West Dorset District Council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council will be discussed at respective...

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EU money helps small rural firms

Thursday, September 02, 2010

WEST Dorset smallholders are benefiting from European money to help them make more of a foothold in their communities. Chalk and Cheese, which works...

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Record crowds come to see woodland skills on show

Thursday, September 02, 2010

BRIGHT sunshine brought record crowds to the sixth annual Oak Fair at Stock Gaylard between Sherborne and Sturminster Newton on Saturday. The...

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Spirit of the vale alive and well at show

Thursday, August 26, 2010

THE rain might have fallen with a vengeance on Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show last week, but it did not diminish the show's 150th anniversary...

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