New first responder vehicles in use after £128,000 grant
SIX new first responder ambulance vehicles are on the streets of the south west thanks to a £128,000 grant. The…
Van damaged in Frome fire in residential street
A VAN was damaged by fire in a Frome street last night (June 11). Firefighters from the town, and from…
Building badly damaged by fire in Motcombe
A BUILDING in Motcombe was badly damaged by fire on Friday evening (June 9). The incident, at Lodge Lane, was…
How Wincanton became linked with Terry Pratchett and Discworld
“COMING back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” So wrote Sir Terry Pratchett in A…
LETTER: ‘Councillors need to wake up before they ruin Dorset’
I COMPLETELY agree with the letter on housing in the New Blackmore Vale (‘How much housing is enough?’,…
LETTER: ‘MPs are absent – so why obsess over councillor?’
CHRIS Loder MP may have a point – New Blackmore Vale, May 23 – regarding the absent Sherborne…
LETTER: ‘Council has a lack of interest in Sherborne’
DURING the many years that I was Sherborne Town Council’s chair of planning, I repeatedly raised the matter of…
Four due in court over Frome coach crash
FOUR people have been charged in connection with a coach crash near Frome last November. The incident, on November 28,…
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to visit Blandford school
A BLANDFORD school will receive a very special visitor tomorrow (Friday) in the form of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Justin…
Weather warning issued as thunderstorms and hail set to hit Somerset and Wiltshire
THUNDERSTORMS, heavy rain and hail are set to arrive in Somerset and Wiltshire at the weekend. A yellow weather warning…
