Paul Jones

Chris Packham backs Dorset COP environmental event

WILDLIFE expert and environmental campaigner Chris Packham is backing an event in Dorset aiming to speed up moves to…

Food, drink, crafts, music and more at Dorset Food & Arts Festival

A BUMPER crop of local food, drink, art, crafts, music and more will be on offer at an event…

Free family fun day at RiversMeet Leisure Centre in Gillingham

THE RiversMeet Leisure Centre in Gillingham will host a free family fun day next week. Families with children aged 12…

New manager at Blandford and Corfe Mullen funeral directors

BRANCHES of a funeral director in Blandford and Corfe Mullen have a new manager. Lucy Lester has taken over at…

Haynes Motor Museum volunteers honoured for decades of service

DECADES of service by volunteers at a Somerset museum have been recognised with special awards. More than 30 people were…

Vegan ‘megamarket’ set for Dorchester next month

ALL things vegan will be on the menu at an event in Dorchester next month. The Dorset Vegan MegaMarket -…

‘I hear you and I will fight for you’: New MP Sarah Dyke’s message to voters

‘I HEAR you. And I will fight for you.’ That was the message for voters from the new MP for…

Lib Dem Sarah Dyke sweeps to victory in Somerton & Frome by-election

IN 1969, Prime Minister Harold Wilson famously told the trade unions to ‘get your tanks off my lawn’. Well, at…

Crime rose by 1.4% in Dorset in year to March 2023, figures reveal

CRIME in Dorset rose by 1.4 percent between April 2022 and March 2023, new figures reveal. The Office for National…

M5 traffic warning as school holidays getaway set to begin this weekend

DRIVERS are expected to make more than 12 million journeys this weekend as schools break up for the summer…