“I am always getting asked for fork handles,” says Simon Larcombe, grinning. Larcombe’s of Beaminster is 20 years old this month, and it’s

People often write that Poundbury is our area’s ‘model village’. Apart from this terminology being incorrect (Poundbury is an urban extension) there’s actually

A community variety show featuring musicians, actors and dancers will be held in Litton Cheney to raise money for Dementia UK and Thorners

After seven years in the planning, 22 pylons in the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty are coming down. The ‘Going Underground’ project

A family-run farm shop is going green after a shock electricity bill for more than £9,000 for just one month galvanised them into

Six septuagenarians have swum into the record books with an epic relay swim across to France in very tough conditions. The team, whose

A trading estate in Bridport has earned a following among the cool kids, having been transformed from a derelict netmaking area to something

The beloved breed of the late Queen, Pembroke corgis like Claire’s four-year-old boy Thegn were originally bred to herd cattle. The fifth generation

A warm late summer evening greeted the Juniors of Dorchester and District Angling Society. The four finalists had competed over three qualifying rounds

Potential saviours have come forward to save a historic village pub and restore a raft of community facilities. Tessa and Julian Blundy hope