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Back to London with 760 questions

Parliament’s six-week Summer Recess is ending, and I’m returning to the routine of being in London for half the week. Although the sunny weather...

Reform the Local Plan

As someone who was born and raised in Dorset, reading through the recently released Local Plan was, quite frankly, deeply unsettling. The level of...

What if disruption is the only way?

What information should environmental campaigners make widely known? And how should they share it in order to achieve the large-scale societal and behavioural changes...

Promises are never enough

Simon Hoare MP admits past failings, and warns that if government and opposition don’t deliver, the vacuum will fuel populism and protest votes I cannot...

Silence in Sturminster as mayor quits after four months

As Dorset councillor Carole Jones warns that Sturminster has lost ‘a wealth of experience’, Rachael Rowe tries to understand what is happening at Sturminster...

Dorset Council reveals draft Local Plan – 50,000 new homes by 2040

Dorset Council has published its Local Plan Options Consultation 2025, setting out where thousands of new homes, employment land, traveller sites – and even...

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A love of Plymouth Argyle

Owners’ Day successfully dodged downpours, and Chris Wald shares life behind the scenes at Tizzard Racing – from flat caps to a favourite horse Despite...

Angela Rebecca Teasdale

5th October 1976 – 14th December 2025 Angie passed away suddenly at home on Sunday 14th December, aged 49 years. Devoted wife to Roger, proud...

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