In this issue:
• Is North Dorset overwhelmed with housing developments? It is a hot topic for many local Facebook groups – Rachael Rowe investigates
• Behind every rubbish lorry is a sophisticated team of recycling experts – Rachael Rowe spoke to Queen of the Bins, Cllr Laura Beddow
• Rupert Hardy, Chairman of North Dorset CPRE, shares his thoughts on current planning applications for two huge solar farms in Dorset
• West End star Joanna Woodward answers the Random 19 questions
• As event organiser at the Turnpike Showground, shepherd Bonnie Cradock is facing a doubly busy spring, thanks to one over-excited fun-loving ram
• Edwina Baines had an exclusive tour of the art inside the UK’s best new architect-designed house, The Red House.
• Roger Guttridge has personal memories of the fire which destroyed Harding’s newsagent’s shop at Sturminster Newton in 1956
