Dorchester resident Gail Aldwin has a new publication due for release by Chapeltown Books soon. 'Paisley Shirt' includes 27 short fiction stories that reveal the extraordinary nature of people and places. Through a variety of characters and voices, these stories lay bare the human experience and what it is...
A new report published today by the Wildlife Trusts sets out new guidelines about how housing developments can be built in a way to benefit both the environment and people. ‘Homes for people and wildlife – how to build housing in a nature-friendly way’ is published at a time...
The Green Party prospective parliamentary candidate for West Dorset, Kelvin Clayton, is making himself available every week to meet anyone who would like to discuss any issue of political concern. Kelvin, who is also a Green Party councillor on Bridport Town Council, will be in the BearKat cafe, (in...
One of Bristol's best current bands The Hawkmen will be playing three Dorset venues in January and February as part of an early 2018 tour. The band will play Dorchester on January 19 (supporting The Surfin' Birds at their album launch gig in the Corn Exchange), The Ropemakers in...
At a farming conference in Oxford today, Environment Secretary Michael Gove outlined plans to replace farm subsidies based on the amount of land owned, with funding to support farmers to provide public benefits, including environmentally friendly practices and better access to the countryside.The plan would see the creation of...
Officers investigating a fatal fail-to-stop collision in Dorchester that claimed the life of a woman are issuing CCTV images of what is believed to be the vehicle involved. Police were called at 7.46pm on Wednesday 27 December 2017 to reports of a collision between a pedestrian and a...
Would you like to be involved in a new community-run enterprise in Bridport? Be part of a social business made up of a group of local organisations and individuals? Stir To Action have partnered with the United Church (click for map) in Bridport — part of our Unlocking the the...
To be aware of the wonders of the living planet is to take on an unbearable burden of grief By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19thDecember 2017 What you see is not what others see. We inhabit parallel worlds of perception, bounded by our interests and experience. What...
The government announced today (21st December 2017) that if had licensed the largest slaughter of a protected species in living memory. This politically motivated wildlife eradication policy has costs the public purse at least £50 million and is pushing the badger to the verge of local extinction in parts...
Are you alone this Christmas? I’ve done it a few times – the world and his wife are all supposedly having great times, and you feel like you’re the only person alive who is on their own. It can be profoundly, deeply distressing. Marketing on TV tells you to...
