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Landslips and cold delay Swanage and Purbeck Walking Festival

10:59am Tuesday 14th May 2013

A POPULAR walking festival will be returning to Purbeck for its fourth year.

Dorset Young Farmers Club set for rally

Sam Sly and Tessa Cadman from Gillingham & Shaftesbury YFC in the 2012 fancy dress competition

10:56am Tuesday 14th May 2013

WELLY boot throwing, hay bale tossing and a competition to find Dorset’s best royal lookalikes are some of the activities on offer at a young farmers’ rally this weekend.

Community South West Campaign finalists named

12:00pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

A FESTIVAL, a scout hut and a park have been named as the finalists in line for a funding boost for community projects.

French students discover farming methods at Kingston Maurward

TAKING STOCK: Kingston Maurward students take part in stock judging competition

11:00am Tuesday 7th May 2013

AGRICULTURAL students from France have been finding out about farming methods across the English Channel.

Blooming marvellous show

Secretary Jill Gorton, left, and president Pat Wells

6:22pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

MORE than 225 exhibits were submitted for the Cheselbourne Gardens Club Spring Show.

MP backs farm workers over wages board

Shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh MP on a visit to Weymouth

6:18pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

THE abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board will damage the rural economy and threaten the rights of farm workers in Dorset, the shadow environment secretary has said.

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