Twenty staff and curriculum shrinkage is now a real threat at Thomas Hardye's school according to their headteacher Michael Foley due to Conservative government cuts. The failure of all the sitting Conservative MP's to increase the financial support required by Dorset schools is now about to hit them hard....
Following the 30th anniversary of Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve and Kingcombe Centre this May, an urgent appeal to raise £45,000 has been launched, to ensure this internationally important wildlife haven and educational facility can thrive for the next 30 years. Last week HRH Prince of...
A black actor performing in a play about racial discrimination was questioned by police outside the theatre where he was about to perform. Oraine Johnson is currently appearing in Sorry! No Coloureds, No Irish, No Dogs from Gazebo Theatre. The play explores racism in the UK through significant figures...
Over the last four months the Guardian newspaper has published a series of articles that have shown how the UK Vote Leave campaign and Donald Trump have used your social media data to win their respective votes. They used this data to send fake news to you, and made...
The Dorchester Tennis and Squash Club will be hosting an Open Day on Sunday 14th May 2017 at Sawmills Lane, Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester DT1 2RZ. The event will start at 10am until 2pm and is welcoming people of all abilities and all ages, or just those who are inquisitive...
Traffic officers from across Dorset, Devon and Cornwall came together as part of Operation Allied Wolf yesterday for a major crackdown on dangerous road users in Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester. Officers targeted people suspected of being involved in the supply of drugs and various traffic offences as part of...
Dave Cumber Vets are used to acting quickly in an emergency but recently they have had to step up to the plate as they have treated 5 dogs which had been bitten by adders and brought into the Weymouth surgery in the last couple of weeks. Adder bites are...
With their emotional range and rich vocabulary, the poems of Thomas Hardy will strike a chord with the young singers of the Wessex Consort on Saturday 29 April. The sparkling vocal ensemble of 12 professional singers have a busy day of song lined up with no less than three...
There is a government conspiracy at work designed to keep them in power and to carry on with their frankly disgusting and psychopathic policies. They don’t want the people they are kicking hardest to vote. If you don’t vote, so the theory goes, they will get into power and...
Brewery Square in Dorchester welcomed a record number of visitors over Easter weekend with free Easter Egg Hunts and a visit from Mr. Bloom. Visitors were up 29% over Easter weekend compared to last year’s figures. The majority of people came to the Square on Good Friday to watch...
