Over a hundred local business people attended this year’s South West Economic Forum, sponsored by leading companies Milsted Langdon and Porter Dodson to hear the views of several experts on what the next two years hold for business in the South West.
The breakfast meeting held last Tuesday saw a...
Charmouth Beach has recently joined the front line of digital connectivity in the form of free public Wi-Fi.
The newly installed network now available at Charmouth Beach provides free seamless Wi-Fi connectivity over a significant area on both sides of the River Char at this popular family beach location.
Installation of...
Groves Nurseries in Bridport have just held their first charity auction raising over £1,300 for the children’s hospice charity Julia’s House. Over 40 lots were on offer with Matthew Denney of Lawrences' Auctioneers asking for bids as well as entertaining the crowd with some amusing banter and skilful auctioneering....
Highly entertaining, satirical and slickly choreographed theatre featuring local girl Rachel Fullegar coming to Dorset
In a year when #metoo, gender pay inequality and the feminist agenda has rarely been out of the headlines, 2018 is an especially appropriate time for Gracefool Collective to tour their powerfully satirical Edinburgh hit This Really Is...
Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a reported robbery in Dorchester.
At around 3.05pm yesterday, Friday 12 October 2018, a local woman aged in her 70s was walking along Alexandra Terrace having been to the bank in the town when it is reported she was grabbed by...
A new video competition is being launched to highlight the sources of Dorset’s plastic pollution problem.
Litter Free Dorset wants your videos to inspire change and reduce litter across the county.
‘Litter Travels’ can be about any aspect of litter and its journey – as plastic and other rubbish can travel from...
On Saturday night my mom, Grandma & I went to see Chris Stapleton. After the encore, we filed into the stream of people leaving the event. It was crowded, but not packed.
I felt something hit me from behind, specifically hitting the right side of my butt. I turned around,...
Portland Council and other Councils in Dorset have done this too. We now trust that W&P's reps on Dorset's Health Scrutiny Committee (Cllr Kevin Brookes and Cllr Alison Reed) will use their votes next week to help safeguard health services for Weymouth and Portland, and vote 'Yes' for Referral.
August...
Learn how Weymouth and Dorchester played an unlikely part in the national story of the Trade Union Movement.
In 1934, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) chose the tiny Dorset village of Tolpuddle to host large scale celebrations of the Tolpuddle Martyrs Centenary. The Tolpuddle Martyrs and their Dorset village would...
A joint project between Dorset Police and Devon and Cornwall Police to equip officers with a body worn video (BWV) launched on the 8 October 2018. BWV is a small camera attached to officers allowing them to record incidents and encounters when necessary.
The motivation for the introduction of BWV...
