Dorset tourism business stars celebrated at awards
AN awards night celebrated the very best tourism businesses Dorset has to offer. 61 winner trophies were presented to businesses…
Concern for most vulnerable following Lloyds Blandford closure announcement
QUESTIONS have been raised of what the future could hold for elderly people in the Blandford area following the…
Saturday second-class post could be scrapped under new plans for Royal Mail
SECOND-class letters could be delivered ‘alternate weekdays’ – and not on Saturdays – if new proposals for Royal Mail…
Blandford and Dorchester Lloyds bank branches set to close this year
THE Lloyds bank branches in both Blandford and Dorchester are set to close later this year. Lloyds Banking Group, which…
Tesco cutting 400 jobs – including at in-store bakeries
TESCO is cutting 400 jobs – including at mobile phone shops and in-store bakeries. The supermarket giant says the cuts,…
A new pharmacy for Wincanton High Street – but when?
A NEW pharmacy was promised for Wincanton, but movement on the project seems to have stalled. The Wincanton Patient Participation…
Pizza and patisserie counters at Sainsbury’s to close as 3,000 jobs axed
THOUSANDS of jobs are to go at Sainsbury’s as the chain closes remaining cafés, as well as patisserie and…
New farm shop planned for Sherborne’s Blackmarsh Farm
A NEW farm shop has been proposed for the outskirts of Sherborne. A planning application has been submitted to Dorset…
Five new houses to be built on former chicken farm in Gillingham
FIVE new houses can be built on the outskirts of Gillingham after plans were approved by Dorset Council last…
Landmark Dorset restaurant shutting down “with deep sadness”
A DORSET restaurant is shutting down next month. Bank House Brasserie, in Sturminster Newton, is shutting for the final time…
