Reviewed: The Poet Laureate in Poundbury
It’s good when it comes, but Michel Hooper-Immins has to wait for his beef and his beer.
Marshwood Vale residents want A35 action to stop traffic snarl-ups
RESIDENTS in the Marshwood Vale want Dorset Police and highways officials to stop the narrow lanes of the vale being rammed with traffic whenever the A35 is closed between Raymonds Hill near Axminster…
Dorchester prison has country’s top reoffending rate for male prisoners – nearly 75%
74.7% of ex-inmates at Dorchester prison are convicted again within a year
Philip Larkin’s verdict on Weymouth: “delicious”
IN JULY 1953 Philip Larkin stayed at the Royal Hotel on Weymouth seafront. He came on holiday with his mother Eva and was often mistaken for her brother or husband. He didn’t seem to…
Dorchester: £60 million Charles Street redevelopment approved (UPDATED)
Work should begin early 2011 on the £60 million redevelopment of the Charles Street site in Dorchester town centre. First up: new offices for West Dorset District Council.
Dorchester’s Colliton Club judged best club in Wessex
FOR THE THIRD time in four years, The Colliton Club opposite County Hall in Dorchester has won the Wessex regional Club of the Year competition, run by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). A framed certificate…
Rare chance to go inside Dorchester’s Roman Town House
FOR JUST six hours visitors will be allowed to walk across the mosaic floors of Dorchester’s Roman Town House. The ancient tesselated pavements of the best preserved Roman Town house in Britain can…
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