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Bridport: Come off it, Liberal Democrats!

Bridport: Come off it, Liberal Democrats!

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I haven’t heard a cuckoo yet but I have seen the next best thing. A man, a very brave man, canvassing for the Liberal Democrats. …

Police pay review: ‘Cameron has declared war on the public sector’

Police pay review: ‘Cameron has declared war on the public sector’

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Beaminster-based PC Clive Chamberlain describes how pay cuts, job closures and pensions curbs are denting police morale…

Conservatives and Lib Dems plan policy drive as Letwin hails ‘deep bonds’

Conservatives and Lib Dems plan policy drive as Letwin hails ‘deep bonds’

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West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin gives his first interview to a national newspaper since the General Election …

Coalition is working, insists Oliver Letwin

Coalition is working, insists Oliver Letwin

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Downing Street regards Oliver Letwin, the Cabinet Office minister and MP for West Dorset, as a plausible figure to explain how the Conservative Party believes it is genuinely sharing power This article titled “Coalition is working, insists Oliver Letwin” was written by Nicholas Watt and Patrick Wintour, for The Guardian on…

Legal aid cuts put access to justice at risk, say lawyers

Legal aid cuts put access to justice at risk, say lawyers

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Critics of shake-up say changes are devastating for smaller practices, where specialists in family law are often found…

Bridport: Support Your Local Drunks

Bridport: Support Your Local Drunks

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THIS week’s Bridport News gives extensive coverage to the jungle of advertising A-boards that seem to be breeding along East Street. So it should. These things are a positive menace to drunks tottering their way home after a session of innocent boozing. Only the other evening, the Saturday of the…

West Dorset: Village Idiot Preservation Society launched

West Dorset: Village Idiot Preservation Society launched

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THE PLIGHT of the villages of West Dorset is fast becoming dire. The shops, Post Offices and pubs are closing like the rat traps in Hamelin before the arrival of the Pied Piper. Yet that is only the tip of a very worrying iceberg. As well as these important ingredients…

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