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East Stour man's Coast to Coast bike ride for Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance

A man from East Stour, usually found in a marshal's jacket, is getting on his bike for this year's Coast to Coast Bike Ride for Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance on 15th May. Ed Highnam says, "I have been a Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance volunteer for ...

Firefighters in Ashford pump water from nearby river to fight huge blaze at ...

Fifty firefighters are using specialist equipment to tackle a huge fire in an Ashford scrap yard involving 40 cars, scrap metal and tyres. Crews are using portable pumps to take water from the East Stour River to provide a water tower from one of the ...

UPDATED: B3092 in East Stour re-opened following earlier "hazardous" driving ...

The B3092 in East Stour has now re-opened following earlier "hazardous" driving conditions which forced it to be closed. Traffic was delayed between the A30 East Stour and Lintern Lane Madjecton in north Dorset earlier this morning. The B3092 Dorset to ...

Why not join the Shaftesbury Ukulele Band in 2016?

"The Shaftesbury Ukulele Band had a busy season, playing gigs in Swan's Yard, East Stour Village Hall and Gold Hill Organic Farm. Their eclectic mix of popular Christmas songs had audiences and bystanders singing along. The band has anything up to 30 ...

Woman with 'life changing' injuries airlifted to hospital following three-car ...

Emergency services were called the accident on the A30 in East Stour near Shaftesbury shortly before 4.30pm on Monday, November 9. Dorset Police said a 65-year-old woman from Hertfordshire had to be cut from her car by firefighters and suffered "life ...

Woman airlifted to hospital with life-changing injuries after crash

A WOMAN is in a critical condition after suffering life-changing injuries in a crash in North Dorset on Monday. The serious three-car crash took place at East Stour on the A30 crossroads with the B3092. A 65-year-old woman from Hertfordshire, driving a ...

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