It is part of its brand new Agri-tech developments on the campus including a purpose built Agri-tech centre – co-funded by the College and the Dorset Local Education Partnership - which will be launched on Friday 10th June. The prestigious John Deere equipment from Dorchester’s Smart Agricultural Services includes nine...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) Lorton Meadows Conservation Centre in Weymouth is looking for volunteers to help run its events and education programme. There will be a volunteer open day on 26th May at 12pm. Visitors are invited to come and meet the team, find out more about the reserve...
Members of Positive Money held a street stall in Dorchester last Saturday (21/5/16). Despite the rain, it turned out to be a good opportunity for local members to discover each other. Several interested passers by stopped to learn more about what Positive Money are promoting, namely the public understanding...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has some great children’s events lined up this half term to get youngsters and families of all ages out and enjoying nature in Dorset. Over at Lorton Meadows in Weymouth on Saturday 4th June, join the team for their annual Wild Lorton Family Day, from...
A young apprentice’s career in customer service and operations management is flourishing since her appointment at ODEON Dorchester in 2012. Chloe Pitney, aged 21, was taken on by ODEON Dorchester as an apprentice through training provider, Lifetime Training in 2012 and now helps head up the team as guest...
Campaigners are urging council leaders in West Dorset to immediately honour the referendum result telling them to ditch their one party Cabinet. More than 25,000 took part in the referendum about the Conservative only Cabinet on West Dorset District Council. Nearly 16,534 of them -- a majority of nearly two...
West Dorset District Council has simplified the process for requesting or renewing a Shoppers Parking Permit.You can now purchase or renew a permit online at dorsetforyou.com/parking/permit-for-west-dorset-shoppersPermits are priced from £16 for one vehicle or £18.50 for two vehicles for each six month period.The website has been designed to work on...
A final version of the Loders Neighbourhood Plan was submitted to the district council for examination and a referendum was held on whether to accept or reject the plan on 5 May 2016. Residents of Loders voted overwhelmingly to accept the plan, with 83 per cent of votes cast...
New summer rounders leagues are coming to Dorchester and Sherborne.West Dorset District Council has been awarded funding from Rounders England to help set up the leagues to encourage people to take up the sport. Leagues have been set up at Dorchester Rugby Club and the district council-run Gryphon Sports Centre.Cllr...
A bottlenose dolphin named ‘stumpy’ spotted recently in Dorset is believed to be part of a South West population, which is the third population of dolphins identified in the UK. Other populations include the Moray Firth dolphins in Scotland and the Cardigan Bay dolphins in Wales. Photo identification, scars...
