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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
The new 'party' that has-and we kid you not-been fully supported and endorsed by Katie Hopkins no less!!!... Here is something to remember for the rest of us. Credit our brilliant Labour Party comrade Lyn Eynon for this observation worth sharing far & wide: "Splinter MPs will push so-called People’s Vote. That will...
UNITEDHEALTH IN THE NHS: In 2014, America’s largest health insurer UnitedHealth saw their President of global expansion, Simon Stevens, installed as Chief Executive of the NHS in England. UnitedHealth is now embedding its subsidiary company OPTUM as an integral part of NHS GP care nationwide, including in DORSET, through its...
#schoolstrike4climate
I rang my daughter yesterday after seeing the news online about the children’s strike against government inaction on climate change. ‘Are you on strike then?’ ‘Yes’, she said. ‘I’m in Bristol’. She and her friends had taken the train up and joined other school children in Bristol and across...
The work to bring Dorchester’s Shire Hall back to life has been recognised with a prestigious award nod. The building conservation work on the Grade-I listed historic courthouse, which re-opened as a new tourism attraction in May last year, has been shortlisted for the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)...

The Cycling Column: Towpaths

I love the canal, so I have to love the towpath, obviously. The fresh clean aromas and calming sounds are so relaxing and provide serenity in my otherwise truly chaotic life. I have found the resplendent surroundings are best experienced on two wheels. I am intrigued by the history...
Scott Mitchell, the husband of acting legend Barbara Windsor, has today issued a Valentine’s Day call for people to heed NHS advice and check loved ones for signs of dementia. The couple have spoken movingly about the former EastEnders and Carry On star’s battle with the disease in an effort to...
No one can say how much depression is a genetically determined condition and how much it is a response to lived experience. Whilst genetics cannot be ruled out, lived experience is something that must be ruled in because depression, like poverty, is a whole lot more than just a...
A new augmented reality artwork will bring the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs to life like never before. Acclaimed artist Jason Wilsher-Mills interviewed descendants of the Tolpuddle Martyrs to create a new artwork for Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum in Dorchester. The exhibition will feature the six Dorset farm labourers...

Celebrating Dorset Agritech

Business leaders from Dorset’s thriving Agritech sector were brought together last week to celebrate its growing contribution to the local and regional economy.  The ‘Dorset Agritech – Real Progress’ event was co- organised by Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Dorset County Council and Kingston Maurward College, a leading specialist...
People in Sherborne, Blandford, Lyme Regis and Shaftesbury need help to use digital technology. There is no need to be an IT expert, just an interest in helping people and basic knowledge of computers and phones. Digital Champions are volunteers that support people to learn basic computer skills. Around 70,000 people...