Property

Can naming your house add value?

CAN you increase the price of your property simply by adding a name? What are the UK’s most common house…

The Bird in Hand, in Henstridge, is up for sale. Picture: Google

Your chance to buy shares – and keep Somerset village pub open

A COMMUNITY bid to buy the village pub in order to “keep it open as an essential meeting place”…

Lidl wants to open stores in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. Picture: Lidl GB

Lidl details Dorset towns where it wants to open new stores this year

BUDGET supermarket giant Lidl is aiming to open a number of new stores in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire. New plans…

WH Smith stores in Shaftesbury, Dorchester and Swanage are set to be rebranded. Pictures: Google

WH Smith to disappear from Vale high streets after shops sold

WH Smith is to disappear from Vale high streets after the firm sold its shops for £76 million. Hobbycraft owner,…

Solar panels at Bridport Community Hospital. Picture: Dorset HealthCare

Dorset NHS venues handed Great British Energy cash for solar panels

ENERGY bills at NHS properties across Dorset could drop by around £200,000 a year thanks to new solar panels. Healthcare…

Drop-in event to discuss affordable homes for rent plan for Sherborne

AFFORDABLE homes for rental in Sherborne could be built – and residents are being urged to have their say. The…

A three-screen cinema is planned for the building in South Street, Wincanton. Picture: Google

Cinema set to return to Wincanton with three-screen complex in South Street

WINCANTON is set to get a new cinema – and it could be open before the end of the…

Access is changing at the DCH emergency department as work begins

Changes to emergency access at DCH as work set to start on new building

ACCESS to the Emergency Department at Dorset District Hospital will change in the coming months due to a major…

The Saxonvale site will now be sold to Mayday. Picture: Mayday Saxonvale

Move to sell Saxonvale site in Frome to Mayday community group approved

A MAJOR site in Frome will be sold to Mayday Saxonvale, it has been decided. The former industrial site, in…

The Garden Cottage, run by Sherborne Almshouse

First new accommodation completed at Sherborne Almshouse

WORK on new almshouse accommodation in Sherborne has been completed – and a new tenant has moved into another…