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Developer Loses Appeal For 45 Motcombe Homes Because Of Flood Risk
Mayor's Call For Voluntary Support Brings £1,000 Donation For St James' Gardeners
Motcombe Councillor Plans To Research Stories Of Villagers On War Memorial
Arts, Crafts And A Good Yarn – Book Now For Gutchpool's Making and Writing Classes
View from the Hill - A Couple From 'The Hilly Part Of The Netherlands' Visit Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury Fire Crew Rehearse Guy's Marsh Prison Rescue
MP Asked For Support For Shaftesbury Lido On Visit To Open Air Pool
Shaston Seasonal Reflections - The Cool Glades OF Breach Common
Warning of A303 Delays Next Week During Solstice Celebrations
Locals Share Items That Explain Their Climate Emergency Response In Town Hall Exhibition
Dorset Council Has Saved £96M And Avoided Key Service Cuts – Cabinet Member Tells Alfred
Poetry – 'Another View From My Window' Marigold Rumble
Soundscape - Barn Owlets

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Persimmon's estate plans – fewer houses, hotel and care home and uncertainty over new school
Police seek witnesses after early morning Grosvenor Hotel burglary.
Lloyds ends 109-year Shaftesbury relationship - East Knoyle's David Webster is the final customer.
'Consolidation' is Peter Wildman's goal as the new Shaftesbury Abbey Chairman.
Shaston seasonal reflections - Joe Hashman watches 'an invertebrate grand prix.'
Maltings Garden Guru Jan Walls.
Motcombe's Sue Hollis supporting animals displaced by war.
View from the hill – Veronica from Leeds loves the 'wonderful' Shaftesbury people.
Topsoil needed for Fontmell's new playpark.
Motorcycle trainers respond to Cann man's concerns about promoting the 'thrills' of Zig Zag Hill.
Shaftesbury singer-songwriter Conor to focus on music rather than a music video with the next release.

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North Dorset MP Simon Hoare Defends Controversial Expenses Claim As 'Honest Mistake'

Motcombe Remembers Military Event With Meal, Music And Major Johnston

Shaftesbury Refugee Group Now Helping 200 people - AGM report

Plans for 30-metre mobile mast receive poor reception from Ashmore villagers

My Shaftesbury - Artist Jess Simms

Charity Shop Bargains From Oxfam, Weldmar And Cancer Research, Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury what’s ons

Shaston Seasonal Reflections – Joe Hashman

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Don’t mind the gaps – Shaftesbury market organiser explains stall spacing

View from the hill- Shaftesbury is ‘stupendous’ says trio from Stroud

Meet the Motcombe fete stallholders

Motcombe schoolkids to sing to the archbishop of Canterbury

Kate and Karren chat ‘over the garden fence’

National newspaper features Shaftesbury Lido

Shaftesbury what’s ons

Donhead exhibition reveals how villagers are nurturing nature

Short story – Louella Hamer’s ‘Keep on Running’

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Poster found in thatched cottage gives glimpse into 18th century Shaftesbury nightlife

North Dorset councillor calls for action on dog mess following lack of enforcement revelation

Visitor elated as Shaftesbury tourism hub resolves deflated camp bed crisis

Shaston's seasonal reflections: Red Valerian and oxide daisy

Welly wanging and crockery smashing - traditional highlights of Saturday’s Semley's fete

View from the hill - Shaftesbury tempts Weymouth visitors

Art pylon-eers – masts and aerials feature in Shaftesbury exhibition

Explore Fonthill's stunning grounds and support retired service dogs and horses

Adrian Ryder’s Bell Street Bookshelf - Berwick church and its special stonework

Wiltshire Wildlife head applauds Planet Shaftesbury's achievements

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New Compton Airfield boss on future plans and Spitfires flying here tomorrow

Police say thefts at Grosvenor and from cars 'not necessarily connected'

 Channel 5 will film Shaftesbury's high market – with 100 traders this Saturday

Motcombe's classic English cottage garden will open for a church fundraiser

Farnfields donate £3000 to Shaftesbury breast cancer charity

 View from the hill - Former Shaftesbury schoolboy returns. Local Orangutan volunteer will share Borneo aid work stories at Grosvenor

Shaftesbury in Bloom needs an early morning watering team - meet 5pm at the police station today

Learn to paint outdoor scenes in aid of St James' church.

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Shaftesbury what's ons

Agreement to open Coombe House pool for local clubs expected today

Bell Street church removes roof netting after bird deaths

New song celebrating Shaftesbury, one of two debuts at Abbey outdoor concert

Maltings gardener Jan Walls with watering time-saving tips

Boutique bargains, cakes, and a carriage ride as Berwick fete aims for an £11k target

Shaftesbury, Motcombe, and Fontmell academy operator adds 18th school

Record traders and visitors expected at the two-day Gill & Shaftesbury Show

Israeli visitors love Shaftesbury’s scenery

Air Ambulance boosted by Donhead Sports memorial match

Poetry - a child’s view of the outside lab by Elaine Cadogan

Soundscape - stonechat at Fontmell

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