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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Officers investigating an assault on a vulnerable victim in Dorchester are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At around 4.30pm on Tuesday 26 February 2019 the victim, a man who has learning difficulties, was on his bicycle and followed to his home in Louise Road by...
It was about a bloke with the initials JC, who wanted to help the many poor and sick people who suffered under a harsh, unforgiving and xenophobic regime, out of touch with the people it ruled over with a rod of iron. JC's message of simply helping people who were...
I don’t know how other comrades feel, but for the last two years since I joined the Labour Party and have supported Jeremy Corbyn I have noticed the same old rhetoric from every single MSM’ the Tories, and now even MPs of the Labour Party/Independent Group saying He is...
“I always knew I wanted to work in a museum, so being an apprentice at Shire Hall is great!” Nathanial Green, 19, is an apprentice at Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum. This Apprentice Week (4-8 March,) he said it’s important to look at the skills apprenticeships give young people. Nathanial studied...
An estimated 14,200 people with disabilities in Dorset have changed their jobs or fallen out of work last year, according to new TUC analysis. The South West Trades Union Congress (TUC) along with the GMB trade union are today (Monday) launching a new disability passport that will help approximately 14,200...
From the beginning of April this year the majority of VAT registered businesses will have to submit VAT returns in a format that is compliant with a system known as ‘Making Tax Digital’(MTD). It means the details of all transactions, including all sales invoices, purchase invoices and other expenses...
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of god. - Matthew 5:9 It can have escaped nobody’s notice (all those who follow me on Twitter of Facebook or read my blog), that I am against #Brexit generally - but for differing reasons to most. My reason for...

Dorset Women’s Week 2019

WAND (Woman’s Action Network Dorset) is proud to bring you their fifth Dorset Women’s week following on from the success of the last four years. This year it runs from 2-9 March. There are events and activities being held during the week either specifically for women or celebrating women as...
For all those, young and old, who love science and like learning new things, there is an exciting new event coming to the Corn Exchange in Dorchester on Sunday 17th March from 1pm-5pm. Offering a free Family Science Festival, experts from all over Dorset will set out to delight, amaze...
It’s always a contentious topic, bicycle helmet or not? There is so much data out there to bamboozle even the super intelligent amongst us. Several studies say helmets have saved lives, while others say you might as well be wearing a paper hat. So how beneficial is it to...