Local Dorset people, celebrities & weddings

Martin Clunes shares his favourite local places in Dorset

Sunday, November 11, 2018 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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GALLERY: This year’s highlights from Buckham Fair

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 Words: Helen Stiles Photos: Simon Emmett

Hosted by Martin and Philippa Clunes, this year’s event drew people, ponies and dogs from far and wide to raise funds for Dorset County Hospital Charity Cancer Appeal

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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

Priest’s House Museum needs your help!

Fri, 12:25

Soldiers and nurses outside Newton House Hospital, 1914. Image credit line: Courtesy of the Priest’s House Museum Collections Trust

Did your ancestors live in Sturminster Marshall or the surrounding area during the first world war? Priest’s House Museum wants to hear from you!

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Ad Feature Colin Tizzard looking like Dorset’s best hope of Cheltenham Festival glory

Thursday, January 17, 2019

New Year Meeting at Cheltenham Racecourse (Photo by David Davies/PA Wire)

Situated in Sherborne, Venn Farm is home to Colin Tizzard and his racing team. The facilities are a short distance away from Wincanton Racecourse.

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

Thursday, October 25, 2018

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

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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