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P&O join the householdbrand ‘race to the bottom’

It is the power imbalance which allows giant brands to mistreat their staff, says Labour’s Pat Osborne. P&O Ferries sacked 800 staff without notice by...

Amid the images of disaster, we see the rise of human spirit | Simon Hoare MP

As we watch the atrocities being committed in Ukraine, Simon Hoare MP praises the communities who have risen up in swift action to provide...

What kind of ‘follower’ are you?

Most of us are ‘followers’, according to socioligists, and these fall into five categories. But only one is the most effective, argues North Dorset...

Heat our homes, not our planet

The word millionaire is an abscenity when so many are literally having to choose between eating and heating argues the Green Party’s Ken Huggins. The...

No troops on the ground, but is there more to do?

Why have we closed the door to the Ukrainian refugeees?, asks Labour’s Pat Osborne People in North Dorset, especially the families of British service men...

Dorset’s ‘shocking’ housing statistics

One in 34 houses are second homes, that’s three times the national average, says the Green Party’s Ken Huggins who proposes radical solutions. When the...

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‘We marvelled at her natural maternal instinct’

A complicated foaling left the newborn orphaned, but with medicines and good husbandry we found a foster mare, says Lucy Procter. January is a significant...

Not trying to take over the world – just make great ice cream

It started with a road trip to Middlesbrough for a second-hand machine – meet the North Dorset farming couple scooping small-batch ice cream At Lushes...