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Monday, May 20, 2024
FRI 4              GLOW-WORMS & THEIR NATURAL HISTORY AS A COMMUNITY PROJECT, an illustrated talk by Peter Bright, Somerset Wildlife Trust.  7.30pm, Bridport United Church Hall, East Street, Bridport.  Suggested donation £2 (incl. refreshments), £3 for non-members.            SAT 5                        CATERPILLAR KIDS – HEDGEHOGS, 10.30am – 12.30pm.   Why are...
In 2006, Cpl Donald Payne was the first British soldier to be convicted of a war crime in this country under the International Criminal Court Act 2001. His crime was the inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners held by British Forces in Southern Iraq in September 2003. He received...

We have an existential problem

We can each live in the same world yet live in entirely different universes, because of what we do with the sensory data coming in and how we process it. Which means that living in London and, in particular, the Westminster bubble, is an entirely separate universe, than, say,...
We have already spent time with a number of our partners outlining our priorities for the coming years. Based on the Department of Health quality, innovation, productivity and prevention programme (QIPP), we have integrated this approach into all our plans to make sure we are making the savings required...
One act of kindness that befell British writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Then a student living just north of London, he tells the story to inspire troubled young people to help deal with their disrupted lives. The police called at my student hovel early evening, but...
Estate agents and soulless nihilistic parasites are often one and the same. Here is proof that they are also arrogant uptight bullies. If you facing being evicted illegally please find: https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/eviction/how_to_deal_with_illegal_eviction Every seven minutes a private renter in England is handed an eviction notice even though they have done nothing wrong, new...
I believe in a capitalistic world, in my view, the Conservative party have been the best party to have lead and develop us into this modern era. Thanks to the Thatcher boom, capitalism was taken out of the hands of the few and into the hands of the masses....

The Spirit of’45

This is much more than a film. It is journey from a rose tinted era to an era when the rose has withered and only the thorns remain. We can be seduced by a time when collective spirit saw us through a world war (not to mention countless dead lives...
People are being invited to get involved in an ambitious new project to create Dorset’s first urban Living Landscape. Dorset Wildlife Trust and its partners are holding a series of public events where people can have their say and be a part of the new Urban Wildlink project to protect...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of using bird apps on nature reserves has received phenomenal national and international media coverage. The bird app story has captured the attention of the world and bird app developers alike, helping us to spread the word that using...