A food festival is rolling into town, promising a packed day of flavour and fun. Shaftesbury Food Festival, taking place on Sunday, May 3, from 10am to 4pm, will transform the historic hilltop Dorset ...

SLEET is forecast for a part of Dorset on Monday, which could turn out to be one of the coldest April days on record. The Met Office had forecast heavy snow in Shaftesbury earlier this afternoon, but ...

In knead of a break? Then try this delightful rental cottage – it’ll be a loaf-changing experience. The property is located on the famous ‘Hovis Hill’ – the lane made famous by breadmaker Hovis’s 1973 ...

Shaftesbury took the lead when Jack Hoey hit a shot which deceived Exmouth Town keeper Aaron Dearing as the ball spun upwards to give the Rockies the lead going into the break before Ben Griffin was ...

It's a town made famous for a scene in a well-known advert for bread, but there's more to Shaftesbury in Dorset than pushing a bicycle up a hill. The iconic gradient in question is known locally as ...

A stretch of road affected by landslips has closed for stabilisation works, expected to take a year. Dorset Council previously said there was a risk of a fatality on the C13 at Dinah's Hollow, near ...