Category: Dorset Politics

Open Q&A with Chris Loder MP

Last month in the BV the West Dorset MP offered to answer an open postbag – and here he has answered all the letters...

From Hamas to Israel: seeking balance in Middle East relations

Amid tensions in the Middle East, MP Simon Hoare advocates understanding and International co-operation in the work towards a peaceful two-state solution It’s usually sensible...

Rising NHS waiting list deaths are a grim consequence

In England more than 120,000 people died last year while on an NHS waiting list for treatment – double the number recorded in 2018....

There’s a good COP in Dorset

We certainly live in ‘interesting’ times, and September was no exception. Thankfully there were some positive events in Dorset, of which more in a...

New MP focuses on water pollution and a health care law

Two months into the job, the LibDems’ Sarah Dyke takes a moment in her first column to look back – and to outline her...

Calls for urgent road safety improvements on hazardous A30

West Dorset MP Chris Loder calls for average speed cameras to cut accidents and improve road safety on Sherborne-to-Yeovil A30 In recent times, the stretch...

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Saddling up for success

Hard work paid off for Team Rimmer at Nunney and Kingston Maurward – but ongoing yard work shows it takes an army to raise...

Planning Your Trip to the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show: Where to Stay and What to See

There is something uniquely British about voluntarily spending a significant portion of your August weekend standing in a field in Motcombe, surrounded by pristine...