The irrepressible Mark Steel is on tour again in 2019, and heading to the Electric Palace, Bridport on Thursday, 21st March.
‘Interesting, engaging, funny’ ***** The Mirror
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Not long ago, it seemed highly unlikely the UK would vote to leave the EU. We had a reasonable opposition to the Tory Government, Donald...
Mental Health Charity Attains Dorset Community Foundation Tampon Tax Grant
Bournemouth, UK, Wednesday 16th January 2019. Pioneering mental health charity, Dorset Mind, announce today it has won a £4,500 grant to help provide a new support group for women and girls in rural Dorset, called Women in Mind for a year.
One in...
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Because of the amazing success of Dorset Eye the costs of hosting, managing and updating the site have escalated significantly. Dorset Eye has a unique model of empowering the public. Without the funds to meet this hosting payment we will struggle to continue in the longer...
The courts have been resurfaced and will re-open on 19 January. A £5,000 grant towards the costs was awarded to the club from West Dorset District Council’s Leisure Development Fund. Other grants were also awarded to the club by Sport England, Tesco, Dorset LTA and Pengillys Solicitors.
Mary Penfold, Community...
The NHS long term plan was announced last week, which explains how the healthcare service will develop over the next ten years. Cancer is mentioned as one of the focus areas of the long-term plan. However, there is a lack of focus on cancers like pancreatic cancer which currently cannot be screened for and are less...
How to make your business greener is the subject of the next Marketing West business breakfast at the Ivy House Kitchen, Groves Nurseries. The date is Tuesday, 29th January 2019.
The breakfast speakers, Julia Hailes MBE and Connor Bryant, are two UK experts on green issues and will be advising...
Officers investigating a purse theft at a Dorchester supermarket are issuing CCTV images of two men they would like to identify.
At around 1pm on Monday 10 December 2018 a woman aged in her 80s had her purse stolen from her handbag while she was shopping at Waitrose in the...
Officers investigating an assault and a series of burglaries in the Bridport and Lyme Regis area over Christmas are issuing a CCTV image of the suspect.
At around 1.30am on Wednesday 26 December 2018 the suspect bought a coffee via the night counter at the Esso petrol station shop on...
Distinct types of credit – a credit card, overdraft, individual loan or store card - each one has a specific instalment date and interest rate. In the long-term, you realize that it is very difficult to follow all of them. The problem arises when you miss a payment, or you...
In the early nineties I reached a tipping point. It was during the pre-Christmas period and I was drunk. I was watching commercial television and was galvanised out of my seat by a particularly inane, enraging, advert. I grabbed a carving knife that I'd been using to cut up...
