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Mind the gap – why North Dorset needs a technical college

No skills, no STEM, no jobs: without local training, North Dorset risks becoming a housing corridor with no future for its young people When the...

A year of change and challenge

Friday 4th July marks exactly one year since the 2024 General Election where I was elected to Parliament as the first non-Conservative MP in...

Young minds for a better future

As a professional engineer I take great joy from the occasional opportunities I get to encourage young people to explore, or even take up,...

When governments look away

Whenever you hear someone in government say that ‘difficult decisions have to be made’ inevitably the question inevitably arises, difficult for whom? Those making...

After defeat, a return to first principles

Simon Hoare sets out the enduring tenets which anchor Conservatism, a vision rooted in responsibility, pragmatism and national confidence We are marking the anniversary of...

Progress, not Populism

Gary Jackson North Dorset Liberal Democrats Conservatives managed our decline for the last ten years and people were finally fed up of it, nationally and locally....

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County Show selected as qualifier for prestigious horse show

For the first time in its 183-year history, the Dorset County Show is making a significant addition to its line-up by hosting qualifier classes...

Raise a glass for rural futures at the G&S Wine & Wessex Grazing Platter Evening

A night of generosity, community spirit and local flavour awaits at the Wine & Wessex Grazing Platter Evening and Auction of Promises on Saturday...