West Dorset: Have your say on free bus travel
IT SEEMS that all the news is about cuts these days and this is no exception. Money available for bus passes for older people is being significantly reduced. At the moment, responsibility locally…
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…
Sir Anthony Jolliffe to retire as President of Society of Dorset Men
SIR ANTHONY JOLLIFFE GBE DL DSc has announced that he will retire, after 28 years as President of the Society of Dorset Men, at the annual meeting next April. The only Weymouth man to…
West Dorset District Council urges pumpkin recycling
WEST DORSET District Council is asking residents to compost pumpkins left over from Halloween. The council’s recycling trucks will be driving around the district until Friday 5 November with pumpkin stickers urging people to recycle pumpkins. If you don’t, well…
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.
Weekend of war makes £8,700 for Dorset villagers
THE ORGANISERS of Maiden Newton at War have donated £8,700 to village organisations following the spectacular success of their World War 2 re-enactment event earlier this year. Committee members have also managed to…
UPDATED: Western Gazette sales plunge in West Dorset
THERE’S been an extraordinary collapse in sales of the Western Gazette’s West Dorset and Sherborne editions. Sales of the West Dorset edition dropped to just 317 a week during the first half of…
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