Family Support Administrator Hours 20 hours Salary £9880 (£18525 fte) Base: Milborne St Andrew, Blandford, DT11 Would you like to join an enthusiastic, friendly team, working for a children’s charity in Dorset? The successful candidate will be part of the referral team and be responsible for processing referrals, recording evaluation and monitoring forms and liaising […]
It’s an idyllic winter rural scene. Log fire roaring in his grate. Dogs sprawled at his feet. He sits with a sewing needle… methodically extracting vicious blackthorn spikes from his scratched arms. For Russell Woodham, this is just one of the hazards of being a hedge-layer. As far as this multiple-champion hedger is concerned – […]
This month, Shena Kozuba-Kozubska will be running her second London Marathon. It’s likely to be even tougher than the one she did 30 years ago. Running that one, she “only had a fractured skull and broken hand,” she recalls understatedly. What this top-class horse rider had actually suffered was a massive blow to the head, […]
On January 11, 1895, the Western Gazette published a story about strange goings-on in a Dorset village. The paper described ‘considerable excitement’ at Durweston ‘in consequence of the supposition that one ofits cottages is haunted’. The cottage was one of a semi- detached, white-walled pair that stand high on the hill above Durweston.They have been […]
Independence is important to all of us – but as we reach a certain age or develop a medical problem and the threat of a care home looms, it becomes a jealously guarded treasure. The ability to stay in your own home is beneficial for all sorts of reasons. Now, there’s a new technology being […]
Last weekend Stalbridge teenager Ruby Else-White competed in the England Boxing National Schools Championships, and once again was crowned champion. Twice-national champion Ruby was also selected as Female Boxer of the Tournament by the England Talent coaches. Earlier this year we reported that 14 year old Ruby Else-White from Stalbridge has earned recognition as one […]
Like every general practice surgery in the NHS, Gillingham Medical Practice is under pressure. But despite the workload, the priority is always making sure the patients get the right care from the right person in a timely way. There has been a lot of publicity in the mainstream media recently about GPs not offering face […]
All of us will lose someone or something important to us at some point in our lives. And when it happens, it can quite literally hit us for six. This has never been more relevant than over the last eighteen months – the pandemic affected the UK in ways we’ve not yet fully seen. And […]
There’s something to be said about the chill of Autumn arriving around this time of year. Summer 2021 was a bit sporadic in terms of the warmth, but we weren’t short of heatwaves and lots of bright days. Being able to reconnect with friends and family with the sun shining upon us brought smiles to […]