Discount supermarket Lidl say they are hoping for a decision soon on their application to build a new store on the site of the old cattle market in Christy’s Lane, Shaftesbury. It is …

Police officers investigating a suspected arson and theft from a barn in North Dorset are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. They are also releasing an image of a set of …

A man arrested in connection with a number of reported burglaries in Shaftesbury has been charged and appeared in court. Three burglaries were reported to have happened between Sunday 15 December and Tuesday …

A drink driver who failed to stop at the scene of a collision in North Dorset has been banned from the road for three years. Richard Mark Vass, aged 32 and of Batchelor …

In the last of the series of Autumn Talks at Shaftesbury’s Grosvenor Arms Hotel, acclaimed storyteller Jane Flood tells magical tales from the Arthurian legends from the perspective of its powerful women and their …

A popular home library service, run by Royal Voluntary Service, the national volunteering organisation, is looking to grow its service for housebound readers in the Gillingham and Shaftesbury area. The Home Library Service …

Moving house during your retirement years can be a daunting prospect; that’s why Churchill Retirement Living says it is offering to pay stamp duty and help towards moving costs for people in Shaftesbury …

Sarah Williams is a woman who loves adventure – and the more extreme the better. She has skydived and bungee-jumped, but also completed the Marathon des Sables (six marathons in six days across …

Ian and David Green have been named regional finalists in the ForFarmers Excellence in Farming Awards, as a result of their attention to detail towards forage production. The brothers, finalists in the Forage …