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Hays Travel Swanage raised over £200 for Dorset youth mental health charity, supporting young people in memory of William Paddy. Local ...
Weymouth and Kingston Maurward College has celebrated its art and design students' talent and hard work. The 2025 end-of-year exhibition, called Remix, was held at the Weymouth campus. On the buzzing ...
Shaftesbury Town Council is seeking a new Town Crier to take up the honorary role, which plays a central part in civic life and public celebrations. The Town Crier is responsible for delivering public ...
An audit, tax and business advisory firm, Blick Rothenberg, has warned that online retailers are under growing financial pressure due to increased staffing costs, including higher National Insurance ...
DORSET’s Coombe House special school, near Shaftesbury, is good value for money, according to a senior councillor.
WORK to complete essential repairs to the harbour wall in West Bay remain on schedule, the council said. The latest repair works to stabilise the wall near the harbour master office got underway at ...
DOWN a narrow road right on the Undercliff to the west of Lyme Regis was a secluded clifftop farm that an author made his home. Underhill Farm at Ware Cliffs was the home of John Fowles, author of the ...
MORE Dorset goods and services could be used in future by Dorset Council – including in the County Hall canteen.
On a recent holiday trip (in June 2025) to Weymouth from Germany, I took a bus into Weymouth with the purpose of purchasing a Hay Fever spray from Boots. This should have been a straightforward affair ...
A town council is set to approach Dorset Council to assure that the controversial tip booking system will not be imposed in the future ...
A long-standing Bridport business is set to change ownership and hand over to the next generation. After serving the local community for over 55 years, Livingstone Textiles in St Michael's Lane, a ...
A resident in Poundbury is furious with the state his road has been left in after ‘botched’ roadworks were carried out to restore Wi-Fi in ...