November 8, 2025
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Question time for health partnership

Six parishes are preparing a long list of concerns to present to the group that runs their GP surgery. Ammonite Health Partnership has

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Donations from Durngate traders are a real lifesaver

A group of traders who clubbed together to buy a defibrillator, fearing their shops were too far from the nearest one, have saved

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Early adopter of permaculture flying the flag for alternative energy sources

For Pat Bowcock, 70, one of her greatest thrills has been the acquisition of a shiny new twin tub which runs off her

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Only schools and horses: How equine centre helps with youngsters’ learning

  “It’s about listening to the horses,” says Vendela Eversden of her daughter Rebecca Maslen’s new enterprise, helping anxious young people learn coping

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Social club with a historic past and great future thanks to £250k revamp

WHOLLY TRINITY: Chairman Dave Smith, secretary Ian Titterington and bar manager Sean Martin It’s such a traditional concept – a social club offering up

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We stand together: Villagers show their support for people of Ukraine

     A woman from Maiden Newton who works for a Ukrainian health charity staged a moving gesture of support for her colleagues

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Proof you’re never tutu old to enjoy ballet dancing with the Silver Swans

    Pictures by Neil Barnes A bevy of older ladies are chatting excitedly when I arrive at Bradpole Village Hall on a

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It’s an incredible 275 years old and the Three Compasses is still rocking

Anybody remember pushing into a heaving Three Compasses in the 80s, 90s and noughties? Where the live music blared, beguiling, pulling us in,

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Sugar soldiers, making dens, shorts in winter and jumpers for goalposts

By Steve Poole Memories of growing up in Bridport in the 50s & 60s – an era of innocence Steve age 11 second

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Horse sales, pub brawls and rough music: Glory days of the Pack Fair

By Steve Keenan The Pedlar Dolls Pictures: Josie Sturgess-Mills/Sherborne Museum The 1930s were the peak of the Sherborne Pack Fair, the highlight of

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