Wars of the Roses the setting for community play
REHEARSALS are well under way, costumes have been fitted and altered, and lines – almost – learned – which…
Hopes rising of trade deal with US
Fresh from his triumph over Northern Ireland, Rishi Sunak has launched straight into delivering on another of the people’s…
Variety truly is spice of an MP’s life
One of the joys of being an MP is the variety that each day brings. One of the hardest…
Government so wrong on small boats
STOP the boats, stop the boats, stop the boats shouted Prime Minister Sunak and his henchman Home Secretary ‘Cruella’…
Almshouse future: Share your views
THE local matters on which I work or help vary so much. Whether it is highways, housing, education or…
Protestors not ‘naïve’ and ‘selfish’
I thank the letters correspondent J L Mulley from Sherborne – New Blackmore Vale, March 3 – who responded…
The harms of can’t-do government
What to make of Boris and his honours list? The act of a romantic, mad, bad Byronic hero or…
Then & now: Gillingham’s First World War hospitals
by Lottie Hayton. On Saturday July 25, 1914, a remarkable event took place, which foreshadowed the horror of – and…
The small village with a big heart
We caught up with Sian Highnam of the Fontmell Community Garden to find out how this caring village pulls…
Speak up!
A pupil from The Blandford School scooped best individual speaker at the Rotary Club’s Youth Speaks district final recently. Lucy…
