Residents reassured after Legionella bacteria found on Bibby Stockholm
RESIDENTS are being reassured over the quality of water in Portland and the surrounding area after the Bibby Stockholm…
Check your emails for electoral roll survey, Dorset Council urges
HOUSEHOLDS are being urged to respond to emails asking them to confirm their electoral roll information. Dorset Council has reassured…
Delay to migrants boarding Bibby Stockholm after MP said it ‘cannot be deemed safe’
ASYLUM seekers have not yet boarded the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge, moored off the Dorset coast, as one…
Bibby Stockholm arrives at Portland Port: Your questions answered
TODAY, a barge to house asylum seekers is arriving on the Dorset coast. The Bibby Stockholm will be home to…
How MPs voted – or not – on the Privileges Committee report into Boris Johnson
DORSET MPs largely abstained from a vote over a report that found Boris Johnson has mislead parliament over his…
The future of the High Street
WHEN people talk about today’s town centres, it is rarely positive. They bemoan empty units, high rents, complain about…
Britain needs more than charity
BAD weather meant that the ‘Big Help Out’ event planned for Swanage after the Coronation had to be postponed. On…
How housing changes might help…
ABOUT a year ago I wrote an article concerning the lack of affordable housing and rented accommodation in the…
Coronation was a fantastic occasion
IT’S often been said that no-one does pomp and ceremony quite as well as the British. I think the…
Preserving the right to protest
THE right to protest is something to cherish. Indeed, Amnesty International UK says that protest is a human right. The…