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Deadline approaching for Dorset community fund applications

COMMUNITY projects including play areas, theatres, sports clubs and village halls could benefit from funding to build or improve…

MP’S COLUMN: ‘NatWest and BBC should be eating humble pie’

SOME good news on the economy with inflation falling more than expected. There seems to be an expectation in…

Lib Dems celebrate another win after Somerset Council by-election

THE Liberal Democrats have followed up their capture of the Somerton and Frome parliamentary seat with victory in…

Great British Bake Off contestant Brendan Lynch raising bread for charity

A GREAT British Bake Off contestant will be revealing the secrets of baking great bread – and raising money…

Police appeal as biker seriously injured in M5 crash

A BIKER was taken to hospital with ‘serious injuries’ after a crash on the M5 yesterday (Friday). Police are keen…

UPDATE: Missing Laura van Marle found after threatening hospital staff

UPDATE: Laura van Marle, who went missing during ‘escorted leave’ from an enforced hospital stay yesterday, has been found. Avon…

Work on 27 affordable homes in Vale village finished

A DEVELOPMENT of 27 affordable homes in a Vale village is finished. The AJC Group has completed construction of Comerwicke…

More than £100 million to be spent on South West road this year

MORE than £100 million is set to be spent updating roads, paths and bridges in the south west this…

Some hospital appointments postponed as junior doctors walk out

SOME hospital appointments have been postponed after junior doctors walked out this morning in the latest industrial action. Amid an…

Adorable new faces will soon be fighting crime in Wiltshire and Somerset

WHO could not like these adorable faces? Well, in the future, criminals will be dismayed to see them, because they…