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 Charity

The Vale Pantry Needs Your Help – the only community in North Dorset

A month after the Vale Pantry opened its doors in Sturminster Newton last November to help struggling local families, Rachael Rowe visited to discover...

Editorial team - 9 February 2021

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Public Consultation Launched for St Mary’s School Site

Dorset Council have launched a county- wide consultation exercise following their multi-million pound purchase of St Mary’s School, Shaftesbury – but they made it...

Editorial team - 8 February 2021

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Top Film Star Shocks Local DJ With Surprise Message!

When Steve Harris, DJ of the BBC’s Dorset Breakfast show, put a call on Twitter for a way to contact Russell Crowe, he didn’t...

Editorial team - 7 February 2021

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Wimborne Militia in Facebook furore

A historical re-enactment society in Dorset made national news when its Facebook page was suspended over suspected far-right links. The Wimborne Militia is an historical...

Editorial team - 6 February 2021

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FREE this month – send your Valentine a message!

Valentine’s Day is coming! And our February issue is going to be all about the love (because frankly we think we all need a...

Laura - 30 January 2021

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January’s Blackmore Vale magazine is out now!

Out now - and you can read January's Blackmore Vale magazine here - (remember we're never printed, only digital) Apologies we're a day late...

Laura - 16 January 2021

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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 Wildlife & Animals

Brilliant bryophytes

Editorial team - 17 September 20240

Steve Masters, Dorset Wildlife Trust’s ecologist, shines a light on the often-forgotten miniature realm of the important bryophyte Have you ever perched on an old...