Local Dorset people, celebrities & weddings

Martin Clunes shares his favourite local places in Dorset

Thursday, October 3, 2019 Photos: Lucy Sewill

Martin Clunes and his family have called West Dorset home for over two decades. Here he shares some of their favourite local places

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Strictly's Kevin Clifton will be performing in Poole in May

Friday, April 26, 2019 Words: Jeremy Miles

Burn the Floor has been dazzling audiences around the world

Dancing is in Kevin Clifton's DNA but the Strictly star, whose show Burn the Floor comes to Poole this month, very nearly walked away from the career that made him

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Buckham Fair 2018 breaks records and raises £111,000 for charity

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Martin Clunes at Buckham Fair 2018. Photo credit: Simon Emmett

Buckham Fair announced that the results of 2018's fundraising efforts have broken the record for the highest funds raised since the fair began, totalling £111,000

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Meet Sherborne's movers and shakers

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Words: Jane Adkins

Andre Durand painting in his Sherborne studio

From festival director to an internationally acclaimed artist, meet some of the remarkable people working behind the scenes to enhance what historic Sherborne has to offer

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Calor launches £50,000 national grant scheme for rural communities

Friday, March 2, 2018

Rural communities throughout the UK could be eligible to receive funding via the Calor Rural Community Fund from energy provider Calor

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The powered wheelchair that has changed the life of a Dorchester youngster

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Seth in his Whizzybug enjoying a walk with his parents (Linus Moran Photography)

The Wizzybug is specially designed to give mobility to the under 5s. This remarkable powered wheelchair has helped a youngster from Dorchester to actively play with friends and family, as Fiona Cromwell explains

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Race for Life in Sherborne

Monday, June 5, 2017

With just over two weeks to go until the big day, organisers are rallying local women to join the fight against cancer as fewer women than expected have registered for the life-saving fundraiser.

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Local People

Winners Gallery: Dorset Food, Drink and Farming Awards 2019

Thu, 10:58 Ellie Fells

The Dorset Magazine Dorset Food Drink and Farming Awards 2019, held at The Italian Villa in Poole.Photos by Andrew Higgins/ThousandWordMedia.com

Scroll through our gallery to see the winners and sponsors of the Dorset Food, Drink and Farming Awards 2019…

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What's on at Bridport Literary Festival 2019

Tue, 16:09 Margery Hookings

Dorset authors Gail Aldwin, Rosanna Ley and Maria Donovan

This year's star-studded programme features bestselling poets and novelists, acclaimed nature writers, historians and big name journalists, as Margery Hookings has been finding out

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Get ready for Wellbeing by the Lakes

Friday, September 13, 2019 Heather Sheppard

A brand new festival at Sculpture by the Lakes is taking place this month, and as Heather Sheppard has been finding out, it's bringing some fascinating speakers to Dorset

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The Blackmore Vale: a haven for foodies

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Fanny Charles

Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival is happening this weekend!

Ahead of this weekend's Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival , Fanny Charles finds out why the area is a big hitter on Dorset's foodie scene

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Walk: Around Corfe Castle with Ninebarrow

Friday, August 9, 2019 Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere

Corfe Castle Village, phoro credit: Greg Funnell Photography

This 5 mile walk has been devised by local folk music duo Ninebarrow, and it makes the most of the area's breathtaking views

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