Work on new road in Gillingham finished – but it won’t open yet
WORK on a new road – which it is hoped will reduce the traffic impact of nearly 1,000 new…
Man found passed out in driver’s seat of van after crash jailed
A MAN found passed out in the driver’s seat of a car after driving erratically on the A303 before…
Audition for a role in this year’s Wincanton panto!
BUDDING actors are being encouraged to try their luck for a role in an upcoming pantomime. Wincanton Amateur Dramatics Society…
Crash closes A303 between Sparkford and Wincanton
A CRASH has seen traffic held on the A303 near Sparkford. The incident, on the westbound carriageway, happened before the…
Window and door smashed at Blandford bike shop in attempted break-in
A WINDOW and door glass were smashed at a Blandford bike shop during an attempted burglary. The damage happened at…
LETTER: ‘Find ways to revitalise historic building’
MAY I as a comparatively recent resident of Sherborne add my plea for action to save Newell House…
Simon Hoare ‘claimed four times for £80 driving charges’: Report
NORTH Dorset MP Simon Hoare claimed four times for £80 motoring fines, according to a new report. Conservative Mr Hoare,…
£200k funding for Dorset to tackle drug use in young people
DORSET has been handed £200,000 of funding to investigate and reduce demand for drugs among young people. The cash has…
LETTER: ‘MP’s column provokes a sigh with each paragraph…’
CHRIS Loder’s column – New Blackmore Vale, April 14 – provokes a sigh with each paragraph. Dorset to pilot…
Health firm’s coffee morning raises cash for Dorset cancer charity
A COFFEE morning held by a firm that helps people recover from injury and illness gave a county cancer…
