Push on for train station upgrades
THE Online Safety Bill was debated just over a week ago in Parliament, and I was one of 37…
Protests provide a glimpse of light
HAPPILY, there are occasional glimpses of light amid the growing gloom about the worsening environmental situation. Let’s face it, the…
Questions on ‘Levelling Up’ agenda
Extra maths this week – if you take away £15 billion and then put back £4 billion, are you…
Tory sleaze – the continuing story
WHILE pondering the news this week I could not stop thinking about the 1960s Tory Government which loitered on…
Teachers’ unions should think again
REGULAR readers of my New Blackmore Vale column will know of the importance I place on education. The skills…
‘I was running’: How man’s Forrest Gump moment changed his life…
“I WAS like Forrest Gump – I just felt like running.” In April last year, Ashley Gingell went out for…
School wins international reading award
Sherborne Primary School pupils rack up 64 million words in an outstanding year of reading, devouring 9,922 books in…
Inspectors rate Hanford ‘Excellent’
A Vale school is celebrating after being rated as ‘excellent’ by inspectors. Hanford School, an independent day and boarding prep…
King Arthur’s School is on the up
A Wincanton school has been praised for improvements since it was rated ‘inadequate’ in 2017. King Arthur’s School has been…
Lions foodbank help
BLANDFORD and District Lions Club has given £1,000 of meat vouchers to Blandford food bank, thanks to generous donations. Each…
