Moving visit to children’s hospice
LAST month I was delighted to welcome the Liberal Democrat Leader, Sir Ed Davey, to Dorset for a visit…
Food for Thought makes a difference
UP to 50 food insecure families in Swanage and Purbeck have been supported by a weekly Mobile Larder since…
Visits to Belfast and on home turf
AS always, I am writing this several weeks before publication – and today the American President is visiting Northern…
Tories can’t get policing basics right
AS the son of a police officer who served for 30 years from the early 1960s and having an…
Refugees: Reality and the rhetoric
THE Isle of Portland is a magical place, the most southerly point of the Jurassic Coast. Its scenery makes…
WATCH: MP’s impassioned speech over plans for migrant barge off Dorset coast
A DORSET MP hit out at the Home Office and says a minister ‘has not covered himself in glory’…
Green light on rail crossing study
The work of a Member of Parliament covers local and national matters. Both are equally important and I take…
We must be good ancestors
I often visit the RSPB Reserve at Arne. I find peace among its trees, and although not a twitcher…
Tenants facing huge energy bills hike
IN recent months we have all seen terrifying increases in our energy bills and heard reports of households taking…
Home Office reveals barge plan for 500 asylum seekers off Dorset coast
DORSET will be home to the first berthed vessel in the UK to be used to house asylum seekers. The…