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Monday, October 14, 2024
A school garden project is being given £500 a year for the next three years by Dorset law firm Kitson & Trotman. The much-needed donation comes after one of the firm’s Partners, Richard King, visited the garden at St Mary’s Primary School, Bridport, as he accompanied judges of this year’s...
Seismic shifts in personal consciousness happen. For me this has been going on for months now and I can see the tantalising bits of cloth floating around me, but I can't get my fingers on them to read what's in the weave and weft to gather a fuller picture. Part...
Calling all kids – have you been naughty or nice? Judge Santa will be holding court at Shire Hall to find out!   Father Christmas has been making a list and will be checking it twice when he arrives at Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum on Dorchester’s Christmas Cracker night.   He will...
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a report of a rape in Dorchester. At 6.07am on Sunday 18 November 2018 Dorset Police received a report that a woman aged in her 20s had been raped. The incident was reported to have occurred at around...
The West Dorset business community welcomed a new business lunch group this week with its first meeting held in the Wessex FM's boardroom. The lunch was a joint venture between Marketing West, IT Support 365 and Wessex FM, with each business inviting leading business contacts. There was standing room...

Brexit and the Labour Party

How many people, having joined the Labour Party in a swell of optimism at the thought of getting a truly socially-minded government via Jeremy Corbyn, are now at the point of dropping the dream along with the membership – not because they have lost their conviction that Labour would...

REVIEW OF BIG HEADS & OTHERS

There are always lots of creative performances to enjoy in Bridport but Big Heads & Others: An Hour of Comedy Sketches which took place at the Arts Centre on Thursday 8 November certainly stood out from the crowd. Co-writtten and presented by collaborative writing trio, Three-She (composed of Gail...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to announce that its Green Thursday 24-hour online shopping event will return for a second year on Thursday 22nd November.   Green Thursday is an initiative created by DWT in 2017 to provide a more sustainable alternative to the Black Friday events in the same...
Speaking about the Police and Crime Commissioner’s comments to the Dorset Police and Crime Panel on 13 November, Chief Constable James Vaughan said: “The Police and Crime Commissioner Martyn Underhill has today outlined our shared concerns about the future financial picture for Dorset Police.  Whilst we remain committed to providing...