I awake at four AM. And as I lay there in the darkness trying to retrieve a dream, I become aware of the constant droning in my head. After twenty minutes, unable to get back to sleep – let alone recover the dream - I get up to use...
Council Tax and the tri-council partnership were among the things on the agenda today (24/2) at the Full Meeting of West Dorset District Council. Residents in West Dorset will continue paying one of the lowest Council Tax rates in the country after the district council’s budget was agreed....
A few precious drops of blood that were taken from Sir Winston Churchill have emerged for sale at auction. The sample was collected in 1962 when the ‘blood, toil, tears and sweat’ orator was at The Middlesex Hospital being treated for a fractured hip. Student nurse Patricia Fitzgibbon asked...
A new report about Local Wildlife Sites around the UK has revealed that the habitat quality of 118 (9%) of Dorset’s Local Wildlife Sites have deteriorated significantly in the last five years. Dorset Environmental Records Centre (DERC) records also show that in the last 10 years, 34 Local Wildlife...
All fans of Broadchurch are being encourage to enter Visit Dorset’s competition to win an exclusive Broadchurch themed prize. To celebrate the release of the Broadchurch Original Soundtrack, Universal Music has teamed up with Visit Dorset, the award winning Lyme Bay RIB Charter and the Ships Galley Kiosk...
The second and final phase of vital flood defence works will begin in West Bay this month. Re-nourishment of West Beach began in October after storms battered the coast in early 2014. Strong tides stripped and re-shaped the beach leaving the sea wall exposed to wave overtopping during storms....
Dorset CPRE have just published their letter asking for the Rampisham Down Solar Factory planning permission to be called in for determination by the Secretary of State. I am republishing it here. They make an extremely interesting point. There have been a flurry of recent applications for Ground Mounted...
Local people will go to the polls on Thursday 7 May 2015 to elect their West Dorset district councillors. The district council has produced a leaflet and provided information on its website explaining who can stand for election, the nomination process and what councillors do. There is also...
West Dorset residents will get the chance to question their local parliamentary candidate about how they plan to support women if they are voted into parliament in the general election this May. To launch a week of activities to celebrate international Women’s Day, local group the Women’s Action Network...
Old Hardyeans gather in Dorchester next month at the King’s Arms for their Annual Reunion Dinner, to celebrate the 110th. anniversary of their founding in 1905. Alumni from the former Green School and Dorchester Secondary Modern School are being invited to share in the celebrations and make the...
