Bridport waste row: “Another nail in the Gore Cross coffin” says pressure group NOWTS
ANY SENSIBLE person would think that this latest review of possible locations for a Bridport waste transfer station has put another nail in the Gore Cross…
Read articleBridport waste row: Top Tory gores county council
A NEW review of possible sites for a Bridport waste transfer station has put “a big nail in the coffin” of Dorset County Council’s controversial choice…
Read articleGood luck to the new Bridport SPAR: but what the hell is it all about?
FOR THOSE living in the East Street area of Bridport and finding themselves in urgent need of a packet of Sour Cream and Chive crisps at…
Read articleRebellion in ciderland: Top author says the answer is to punish the bad and go easy on the good
WHEN your Government’s in trouble and you are fighting a long and protracted war, why not raise the duty on cider and tax the peasants? It’s happened…
Read articleBridport waste row: New waste transfer station could be built by picnic area
SIX sites – including one by a picnic area – have been shortlisted for Bridport’s new waste transfer station. It’s the latest development in a saga…
Read articleDorset to get first part of new national coast path
DORSET has been chosen as the first place in England for people to get new rights of access to the coast. The quango Natural England has…
Read articleThey don’t make men like Norman Saunders-White anymore
Artist, librarian, teacher, performer, youth theatre and radio play director. Doodlebug-dodger, office boy, great reader, Kitcher Sinker, noise-maker, avant-gardist, Mr Punch, provocateur. Eighty this year, a…
Read articleLyme Regis fossil hunter Mary Anning acclaimed as top British scientist – and secret inspiration for John Fowles
THE LYME REGIS fossil hunter Mary Anning has been named by the Royal Society as the third most influential female scientist in British history. The move…
Read article500 sign up for Dorset’s first online weekly newspaper
DORSET’S first online weekly newspaper – the Dorset Weekender – has signed up 500 people in its first three weeks. The digital edition is produced by…
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