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Four years on, and Ukrainian refugees face uncertain times over visas

Four years after fleeing Kyiv, Olena Andrusenko has built a fragile new life for her family in Dorset, now shadowed by uncertainty ‘We live in...

equestrian

From the first homebred winner to the yard’s Cheltenham contenders

Youth and experience both won this week, sharpening expectations ahead of a Festival packed with opportunity, says Chris Wald It was a week of extremes...

Four riders … 25 fences … No regrets.

Fast, fearless and faintly unhinged, team chasing turns sensible riders into adrenaline junkies and horses like The Sass Queen into absolute legends It’s fair to...

DORSET HISTORY

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Wildlife & farming

LOVE LOCAL TRUST LOCAL AWARDS RETURN FOR FIFTH YEAR – ENTRIES NOW OPEN

The Love Local Trust Local (LLTL) Awards are officially open for 2026, marking the fifth year of celebrating the outstanding farmers, producers, makers, retailers...

Dorset farmer guilty, and repeatedly fails to comply with slurry notice

A Dorset dairy farmer has been fined after failing to comply with a formal anti-pollution notice, following more than a decade of slurry-related incidents...

Dorset’s winter colours

Winter may feel muted, but Dorset still offers colour, from evergreen trees and bright birds to fungi, mosses and lichens thriving in the colder...

Dynamic? Really?

Tim Gelfs, Dorset NFU chair, questions whether Dynamic Alignment and the animal welfare bill will protect or sell out British farming Our current leaders are...

Dorset Food & drink

LOVE LOCAL TRUST LOCAL AWARDS RETURN FOR FIFTH YEAR – ENTRIES NOW OPEN

The Love Local Trust Local (LLTL) Awards are officially open for 2026, marking the fifth year of celebrating the outstanding farmers, producers, makers, retailers...
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Welcome to March's The BV - we've got potholes and developers (though it's moderately tricky to create an issue without them, if I'm honest),...

latest jobs

A COUNTRY LIVING

Dorset’s Mr Bean

Giles Dick-Read spotted the coffee revolution before Britain knew it wanted one, quitting the corporate world for a converted Sherborne dairy It’s 1993: a world...

Dorset’s beaver believer does dam good work

For Steve Oliver, it is more than a job – it’s almost two decades of hands-on protection of the rivers, wildlife and landscapes where...

Black Pug Books

Flying in the fear factor

Dorset’s very own Batman

Core values

dorset walks