Bridport Town Hall’s golden weathervane restored
THE WEATHERVANE on top of Bridport Town Hall has been re-gilded – and very fine it looks too. Bridport artist Jemma Thompson applied sheet gold in her studio on St Michael’s trading estate in the South West Quadrant. The weathervane is much bigger – and heavier – than it looks from down on the ground. It’s [...]
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?
Dorset’s un-smart phone: the BT phone box, Leigh
West Dorset is the land of the un-smart phone, and nowhere is there an un-smarter phone than this.
“Precious little ‘democracy’” at West Dorset District Council
“Much that I’d been warned about in relation to the way in which West Dorset District Council conducts its affairs appears to be true. There is precious little “democracy” as evidenced by the fact that there’s virtually no debate on major issues.” So argues independent councillor Alistair Chisholm, who was elected in May 2011.
Dorset County Council staff “retrained” after 15-month parking ticket battle
THIS IS the story of Lester Cowling’s 15-month battle with Dorset County Council over a parking ticket. It raises some worrying questions
Dorset parking ticket battle: Lester Cowling’s story
WHEN I returned my car to find I was being giving a parking ticket I felt as if I was being mugged
Dorset parking ticket battle: Ali Cameron’s story
How about a video to highlight Dorset County Council’s behaviour? I had worked as a professional TV camera man and I was up for it.