Lush Places: the PFI street light pact, coming to a lamp post near you
I am so incensed after returning from a public meeting about street lighting in Dorset. No. I’m more than incensed. I’m bloody incandescent.
How can it be, in these days of so-called people power, that Dorset is under the threat of being changed for ever?
Beaminster: No money for primary school lollipop lady (UPDATED)
A lollipop lady’s wage is in the region of £3,200 per year. New council offices cost millions. Where would you rather your local taxes went?
Read articleBritish Library reveals Dorset songs and stories
A NEW service from the British Library allows users to search through an online map of Dorset for old recordings of songs and stories.
Read articleLegacy funds Dorset’s unique woodland college
THE ARCHITECTURAL Association’s biggest ever legacy will help to fund new buildings and a new MA course at Hooke Park College near Beaminster.
Read articleNew film celebrates Dorset designer John Makepeace
A FILM about Beaminster’s renowned furniture maker John Makepeace has been produced to celebrate his 50 years at the forefront of British design.
Read articleColin Varndell donates images for new Dorset Wildlife Trust calendar
I WAS thinking the other day about Colin Varndell, because I was trying to draw up a list in my head of excellent West Dorset people…
Read articleCouncil submits plans to move Mountjoy School
PLANS to rebuild Bridport’s Mountjoy School in Beaminster have been submitted by Dorset County Council. The county council wants to move the special school on to land…
Read articleLush Places: Play misty for me
IF YOU’RE a stranger to these parts, you will one day be astonished by what is known as ‘The Beaminster Tunnel Effect’. It’s when you approach the…
Read articleWoodland school plans new course and buildings
A VISIONARY scheme putting West Dorset at the forefront of architectural and environmental education is bursting with new life. Hooke Park near Beaminster already boasts some…
Read articleAre carnivals relevant to West Dorset countryside and coast?
An opinion piece about plans to spend £45,000 studying carnivals along the Jurassic Coast of Dorset and East Devon IS THIS country too anchored in its…
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