Did you know that Weymouth and Portland Borough Council have approximately £27 million in debt with LOBO loans?
Or that Bournemouth has approximately £62 million in loans from the Public Works Loans Board?
Or Poole has total long-term borrowing of £90,000,000?
Or that West Dorset debt is only approx. £5 million and North...
I see you doing your best reporter impression to the camera, your smartest big boy jacket on, doing your level best to keep facade-breaking snarl out of your voice. I see your baffled little face as you’re approached by the police, angrily protesting that you had no idea this...
The activists in the online group joked about “gassing chavs” and “shooting peasants” leading the Conservative Party to quickly distance themselves from the grassroots group. It was rumoured that the group were too tame for the Tory party central office who preferred to refer to the comments as aphorisms,...
Boxing, particularly bare-knuckle boxing, had been popular amongst the Gypsy fraternity for generations. Therefore it is not surprising that many such exponents of the sport came from the local busy Kinson Parish Gypsy population of Poole/Bournemouth from the 1920s to the 1960s.
In those early days on Saturday nights Gypsies...
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Week 4.
We’ve all been to the doctor, right? We know how it works; we know how to get an appointment and what to say when we go. I’m always surprised at how little people do understand about how their doctor’s surgery really works, and how to get the best out...
This is George Monbiot’s response to the government consultation document Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit
Submitted to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 29th April 2018
I am a journalist, author and environmental campaigner. I am contracted by The Guardian to write...
We are absolutely delighted to present our documentary 'Shoulder to Shoulder' which follows #OneVoice supporters - belonging to all our peer groups - on a 'Battlebus Tour' of Parliament, 10 Downing Street and the Department of Work & Pensions at Caxton House.
Michael Mansfield QC, Yvette Greenway and David Hencke...
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Week 3.
The Home Affairs Select Committee has taken a particular interest in immigration detention in recent weeks. Politicians, officials and detention centre operators have been grilled on the policy and implementation of indefinite detention.
With the extra scrutiny on Hostile Environment policies in the wake of the Windrush scandal, detention is...
