Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) Chesil Beach Centre is delighted to be hosting a book signing with Dorset resident, Professor James Lovelock, originator of the Gaia Theory and inventor of the microwave oven. The book signing, which will take place at 2pm on Friday 27th March at the Fine...
Hooray for Google Earth! They have released the option to look at historical images of the same area from the Pro version of Google Earth and you can now access this data for free. The following images are from 2001 to 2015. The final images were taken by drone over a...
Noam Chomsky, the distinguished American philosopher, political activist, and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has compiled a list of the ten most powerful and effective strategies resorted to by the agendas “hidden” to establish a manipulation of the population through the media. Thanks to...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is asking for help to build boxes for vulnerable barn owls in Dorset, as part of the barn owl appeal which has so far raised nearly £29,000 since June 2014. DWT now needs more boxes to provide shelter and safety to threatened barn owls, and...
Dorchester & District Labour Party are supporting the Public First Group's call to scrap Cabinet leadership at West Dorset District Council. The Labour Party will be ensuring that disaffected West Dorset residents will be able to sign a copy of the Public First Group petition at their Wednesday stall,...
My name is Lucy Watkinson. I am a mental health nurse and a mindfulness teacher. I run my own therapy business and teach mindfulness in schools. I would like to report on a recent 10 week mindfulness course I am about to finish with a local secondary school. Prior...
West Dorset District Council’s acclaimed Care and Repair service will be transferring to Millbrook Healthcare on 1 April 2015 to provide an extended range of county wide services. West Dorset Care and Repair has been running for 21 years, helping over 400 elderly or disabled residents each year to...
The Justice Café returns to Dorset’s Shire Hall, the Historic Crown Court on High West Street, Dorchester, on Saturday 18 April for a new season of talks and performances that will inform, entertain and engage audiences. This year’s launch event is a concert from highly acclaimed Scottish folk singer, Ewan...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is looking for volunteers to take part in a ‘mass planting’ of wild flowers in Bridport, as part of a plan to recreate the colour and diversity of the county’s stunning Coronation Meadow, Lady’s Mead, in west Dorset. Volunteers have grown hundreds of wild flower...
Askerswell residents can now begin to shape the future of their community after West Dorset District Council approved their application for a neighbourhood forum. The neighbourhood forum, made up of 29 local residents, can now develop a neighbourhood plan for the area. A neighbourhood plan gives residents more control...
