Inside the BV this month:
• The Pocket Rocket is European Champion! 15 year-old boxer Ruby White from Stalbridge has won her first European title
• John the Fish. If you’ve ever bought fish from a car park in Wimborne (hear us out here) then you’ll know what an institution Bells Fisheries is
• BBC’s The Repair Shop’s expert upholsterer Sonnaz takes on Random 19 - did you know she was from Wimborne? Or that she loves prawn cocktail crisps and custard creams? Oh yes, we got all the hard-hitting insider info
• Haidy Mansfield has a hen rehoming day this month. WARNING – see her story, and you’ll be wondering if you have room for a young retiree chicken or three.
• Acclaimed author and journalist Roger Guttridge tells the story of Australia’s first non-Aboriginal great-grandmother who came from Sturminster Newton, and takes a look at Shaftesbury's workhouse.
PLUS farming, Dorset food and drink, stunning reader's photography, and fascinating wildlife. Why WOULDN'T you flip through?