Paul Jones

Get on your bike for Dorset Historic Churches Trust!

A CHARITABLE church fund is hoping for a bumper boost thanks to an annual fundraiser taking place next month. Saturday,…

Gearing up for a new-look Dorset County Show!

NO summer would be complete without a visit to Dorset County Show – and this year…

POLITICS COLUMN: ‘Voters are working out how to beat the Tories’

LABOUR won handsomely in Selby and Ainsty, a seat that it took on similar boundaries in 1997 and throughout…

Two charged in connection with burglary at Yeovil school

TWO people – including an 18-year-old – have been charged in connection with a burglary at a Yeovil school. Tyler…

Person freed from vehicle after crash near Sherborne

A PERSON was freed from a vehicle after a crash near Sherborne. The incident, on the A352 at Longburton, involved…

Village pub near Gillingham scoops CAMRA garden of the year award

ENJOYING a cold pint beneath a large pagoda-style shelter, surrounded by blooming wisteria… It’s an enticing English summer scene -…

Tributes to ‘much-loved’ Yvonne Faulkner after tragic crash death on A36

THE family of Yvonne Faulkner has paid tribute to a ‘much-loved grandmother and mother’ after she tragically died after…

POLITICS COLUMN: ‘Governing for the minority is not a solution’

I SAT ‘telling’ outside a couple of polling stations most of the day on that by-election day of days…

Find out what the Romans did for us during Dorset apple event

WHAT have the Romans ever done for us? While the Monty Python fans among us may be able to answer…

MP’S COLUMN: ‘Closing ticket offices is wrong at this time’

LIKE many, I am concerned by the proposals to remove staff from train station ticket offices. North Dorset only…