Category: News

All the latest news from the monthly digital Blackmore Vale magazine. Collected from across the Blackmore Vale and Dorset.

News rounds ups of the most popular features, and important local news items between issues.

We endeavour to bring you news that is important to you. Things that are hapening on your doorstep, things that affect your daily lives.

We aim to provide interesting articles and reports on subjects that are both intersting and informative.

The Blackmore Vale magazine news section is kept fresh and up to date by our local reporters and news desk items.

If you have a news story tah you think is worth sharing, then get in touch with the editor on editor@theblackmorevale.co.uk

Dorset Farming

Serious sheep worrying in Dorset

The Easter weekend is synonymous with the return of leaves to the trees, the flowering of daffodils and the birth of new life on...

LauraHitchcock - 7 April 2024

News

The barriers are gone – for £1.3m

Dorset residents had almost forgotten what Sturminster bridge looked like – but finally the bank stabilisation work is complete. Rachael Rowe reports In August 2019...

Editorial team - 6 April 2024

News

Rain won’t stop play – new dates for the Spring Countryside Show

Within just 18 hours of making the difficult decision to postpone the Spring Countryside Show due to the severely waterlogged conditions at Turnpike Showground,...

LauraHitchcock - 3 April 2024

News

The G&S Spring Countryside Show NOT to go ahead

*EDITED – the G&S Spring Countryside Show has been re-scheduled: it will now happen on the weekend of the 8th and 9th of June...

LauraHitchcock - 31 March 2024

Dorset Business News

WE’RE SHORTLISTED – NMA2024’s Regional Publication of the Year!

So excited that for the second year running WE'RE SHORTLISTED for NMA2024’s REGIONAL PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR! https://www.acecirculation.com/.../newspaper-and.../ The full shortlist from all categories contains the...

Editorial team - 25 March 2024

Dorset Business News

West Dorset’s MP Ensures Banking Services Remain in Sherborne After Lloyds Closure

In a significant move for Sherborne, Chris Loder, West Dorset's MP, has successfully negotiated the establishment of a banking hub in the town. This...

Editorial team - 21 March 2024

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Bucked in the Yarn

Editorial team - 11 September 20240

Three small Somerset villages had a huge impact on global exploration and trade – Rachael Rowe talks to Professor Terry Stevens “Nothing much ever happened...

Dorset Farming

Harvest complete, but TB lingers

Editorial team - 16 September 20240

James Cossins reflects on navigating a challenging harvest, balancing the crop quality against the costs of drying grain during the erratic summer weather As I...