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Instead of concrete cancer in the sky looking like aliens in an episode of Dr Who or opportunites to label and stigmatise parts of the population how about creating something to be proud of and treating people like humans and not cattle? 'It's almost as if treating people with kindness and...
Are you a tenant in Shire Dorset facing eviction? Are you just a tenant and roundly pissed off with the vast expense and personal trauma it involves with basically fuck all protection of your tenure?  A new group called Acorn the Union - Dorset has formed in Dorset that aims...
According to Nationwide, the number of consecutive monthly falls in UK home prices in December was the longest since 2008. According to the building society's monthly poll, all regions of the country saw a substantial slowdown in annual house price increase as the year came to a close, to the...
Bridport was proud to host 32 mayors from all around Dorset last Wednesday 22nd September. Bridport’s own mayor Ian Bark took them on a tour of the town, which included St Mary’s Primary and the West Bay Discovery Centre, to showcase community projects that he is particularly proud of....
Brits will never understand this and will keep saying their houses are very well-built, they last for centuries and so on, but as a foreigner, I know very well what you mean. Yes, houses in Britain do last for centuries. So they’re not badly built in this meaning. It’s more...
There have been many headlines written of late on the divisive subject of fracking; a hot topic which continues to polarise opinion, especially amongst homeowners here in the UK. Many see it as a dangerous precedent which could end up having devastating effects on both the health of local communities...
In a new report out today (to mark World Homeless Day on 10 October), Healthwatch Dorset shines a spotlight on the health and care needs of people who are homeless and the challenges they face when trying to access vital care and support, such as dental care and end of...
The darling of fascists, Suella Braverman, is rinsed again. What you may not know about Suella Braverman The Spitting Image satirical show has lampooned her as the possessed child from the 1970s horror movie, The Exorcist. Braverman was born Sue-Ellen Cassiana Fernandes in April 1980 and grew up in Brent, a vibrant...
The number of people sleeping rough in Dorset has halved – thanks to work by Dorset Council and other agencies. Latest figures show that there are currently 18 people rough sleeping in the county, compared to 38 last year. In Weymouth and Portland the number of rough sleepers has fallen from...
George Monbiot
People who own second homes cause homelessness and community death. Yet the government rewards them with lavish subsidies and tax breaks. How big would our housing crisis be if it were not for second homes? It’s a question almost no one in public life wants to ask, let alone answer....