The Magic Oxygen Literary Prize is a truly unique writing competition. The inaugural contest took place last year and the organisers, Magic Oxygen Publishing, planted a tree for every entry and gave away £3,000 in prize money. They also started building an urgently needed classroom at Kundeni Primary School...
On Easter Monday 6th April, The Clockhouse, Chideock, home and business to three generations of the Long family, was destroyed in a devastating thatch fire. The family have vowed to resurrect their business from the ashes but as yet any signs of the rebuild are some way off. The Clock...
West Dorset District Council (WDDC) and London Dorchester Committee Trust (LDCT) secure Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) investment. The district council and LDCT have received a confirmed grant of £1.5m from the HLF for the Shire Hall project. The project will see the Grade I listed building transformed into a...
Maiden Newton and Frome Vauchurch residents have the opportunity to shape their community through the development of a Neighbourhood Plan. West Dorset District Council has received a request from Maiden Newton Parish Council and Frome Vauchurch Parish Meeting for the approval of a Neighbourhood Area, which is the first...
A big crowd is expected on Friday 24th April at Evershot Village Hall, the long-established venue for excellent live music, for the multi-award winning The Roving Crows. The line-up of fiery fiddle playing, guitar, bass and vocals takes the audience across musical boundaries into the worlds of Folk, Celtic...
Askerswell residents can now begin to shape the future of their community after West Dorset District Council approved their application for a neighbourhood forum. The neighbourhood forum, made up of 29 local residents, can now develop a neighbourhood plan for the area. A neighbourhood plan gives residents more control...
The grey strands are to go under the hammer at Duke’s of Dorchester along with hair from a horse that charged at the French. Napoleon’s expansionist ambitions were thwarted for good after his defeat by the Duke of Wellington at the battle in modern-day Belgium 200 years ago. Such...
All fans of Broadchurch are being encourage to enter Visit Dorset’s competition to win an exclusive Broadchurch themed prize. To celebrate the release of the Broadchurch Original Soundtrack, Universal Music has teamed up with Visit Dorset, the award winning Lyme Bay RIB Charter and the Ships Galley Kiosk...
Under its new manager, Susan Warren, who grew up in West Dorset and went to school in Dorchester, the Electric Palace will continue as a venue for great music, live comedy and film, whilst expanding its range of events for families, children, and older members of the Bridport...
Localness is the key to the Royal Oak on Weymouth’s quayside being named West Dorset Pub of the Year by the Campaign for Real Ale "The Pub of the Year award is voted by our 600 members from 258 licensed premises in the area," says CAMRA Spokesman Michel...
