Despite a majority vote against the 1.96 per cent proposed increase from the county’s Police and Crime Commissioner, it was approved at a meeting of the Police and Crime Panel at County Hall, Dorchester on 6 February. The Panel had the power to veto the proposal had it considered it either too high or too…
The youngest school team to enter the 2014 Enterprise and Skills Enterprise Challenge sponsored by Bournemouth University, was honoured at the prestigious awards ceremony held at Bournemouth’s Premier Inn.
Navitus Bay Development Ltd has today announced that it will scale back the proposed wind park in order to reduce its visual impact. In response to feedback received from the public and statutory consultees during the final round of consultation last year, the developer will remove the northernmost part of the development – the ‘top…
Dorset’s Douch Family Funeral Directors have become the local co-ordinator for Preemies UK, which supplies hospitals with tiny clothes for premature babies.
Each of the company’s seven branches will collect the knitted items from volunteers and supply materials and patterns to those who want to take part
Additional remedial tree surgery is due to start on the famous Beech Avenue at Kingston Lacy.
Ferndown Upper School pupils have been voting for two students from Dorset to sit as members of the UK Youth Parliament.
UKYP enables young people to use their energy and passion to change the world for the better.
The message from Dorset’s multi-agency weather taskforce is to be prepared for the next storm. Residents are being urged to secure their property to prevent winds ripping items up and causing more damage. The Environment Agency and the Met Office are warning that high winds and waves coupled with heavy rainfall are due to hit…
The second leg of Great British Bake Off star Paul Hollywood’s tour will kick off at Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts on 6 November. Get Your Bake On will see Paul demonstrate recipes, reveal some of the secrets of being a TV chef and take the audience on a journey through his life in…
Christchurch Borough Council has taken emergency action to fell two trees in Druitt Gardens which became unsafe and were assessed as being a danger to the public following works carried out to implement the planning permission at the Cornfactor site. James Hassett, Head of Economy and Growth, Christchurch and East Dorset Councils explained: “The council…
Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, has pledged her support for ‘Mind the Gap’, a campaign aiming to raise awareness of the help available for people affected by fuel poverty.
