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Armishaws general manager, Pat Carter, signing the Armed Forces Pledge in November last year

Armed Forces pledge to be signed by Gillingham Town Council

GILLINGHAM Town Council is signing a pledge to support veterans of the Armed Forces and their families. The Armed Forces…

Gerald Davies, from Dorset Labour

POLITICS COLUMN: ‘Labour would tackle the Tory sewage scandal’

DO you think it’s right to allow raw sewage to be dumped into our rivers and beaches 800 times…

Sarah Dyke, the Lib Dem MP for Somerton and Frome

MP’S COLUMN: ‘Floods and dentists in Somerset on my agenda’

THIS week has been the first sitting week in Parliament of the new year, and I have been excited…

West Dorset MP, Chris Loder

MP’S COLUMN: ‘Post Office scandal has sickened me’

ON Thursday last week, I visited Wessex Internet on site near Sherborne to learn about the work it is…

Drivers waste 38 hours in delays each year, new report shows

DRIVERS waste an average of 38 hours being delayed on the road each year in England, according to new…

Leweston performing arts scholarships deadline fast approaching

SCHOLARSHIPS are available at Leweston School for budding actors and more – but get your applications in soon! The deadline…

Yeovil Rugby Club players Harry Froude and Callum Regan stopped to help the elderly man

Yeovil rugby players turn Good Samaritans to help 89-year-old man

TWO Yeovil rugby players turned Good Samaritans on their way home from a game when they encountered an elderly…

The Close, in Blandford, is among the streets due to close for roadworks

Blandford streets to close for roadworks in coming weeks

A NUMBER of streets in Blandford are set to be closed for work to bring faster broadband to…

Crews battled to save the cows. Pictures: Dorchester Fire Station

PICTURES: Cows saved from underground slurry pit in dramatic rescue

SIX cows had to be rescued from an underground Dorset slurry pit. Firefighters rescued the animals after they got stuck…

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Somerset town shortlisted for “most depressing” place in Britain award

A SOMERSET town has made the shortlist in a poll of the ‘most depressing towns in Britain’. The poll, conducted…