Superfast Dorset is urging more businesses to check if they can get superfast or full fibre broadband to help them improve their overall performance and customer service. More than 97 per cent of homes and businesses can now get superfast broadband and 60 per cent connected through the programme have taken a service. These faster,… Read more Superfast broadband switch helps RNLI Swanage save lives at sea
Work to replace sand on parts of Weymouth beach and improve flood protection has been successfully completed.
Last Friday (22 November), Dorset Council took the decision to amend its Climate Emergency, so it is now a ‘Climate and Ecological Emergency’ declaration.
Winter is here and gritting crews are on standby to hit the road anytime of the day or night.
A Dorset junction has been chosen to trial the latest signal technology.
Dorset Council is co-hosting an event showcasing local care and support projects available in Sturminster Newton and surrounding areas. The emphasis is on making care and support more local and available within the community and will feature developments and a public space showcasing a range of local and county-wide offers that support health and wellbeing.… Read more Keeping care and support local – a free information event
R is one of these extraordinary children who puts all his rubbish in the bin and spends a lot of time trying to save the planet. He also would spend every waking hour using tons of electricity on the computer if we let him but hey we will let that one go.
These are the questions formally submitted by both the public and councillors at tonight’s Full Council meeting for November 2019, and the answers given.
Work to replace sand on parts of Weymouth beach and improve flood protection will begin next week. (26/11)
Urgent resurfacing work will be carried out in early December on the A351, Valley Road – the main road to Swanage.
Dorset Innovation Park Enterprise Zone, Wool, welcomes its first land purchase and commercial construction.
Dorset Music Hub is crowdfunding for a project that will encourage young people to make music and learn new skills.
Want to find out the latest on the Weymouth Quay Regeneration Project? Then come along to Weymouth Library and speak to the project team.
Two plans are being talked about for the Dorset Council area, so we’ve put together a short guide below to explain the differences.
Work to repair storm damage on Lyme Regis beach has been successfully completed.
28 Computer-controlled LED strips have successfully been installed along Weymouth promenade between the Pier Bandstand and the Pavilion. Testing of the Weymouth Promenade Artistic Lighting Scheme completed earlier this week and from today, Weymouth bay will be lit up by a series of lighting programmes inspired by the local community.
Dorset is the cleanest place to eat out in Britain – its official!
An oil spill training exercise will be held in Weymouth next week.
Parking permit holders in Weymouth have got two weeks left to have their say and help change conditions for the better.
The right of way across the Lodmoor Nature Reserve in Weymouth has reopened this morning following completion of maintenance works.
Dorset Council is seeking the views of local businesses on the council’s vision and strategy for economic growth at a series of Business Breakfast events during November and December.
Alison Montgomery has been appointed as Dorset Council’s Corporate Director for Care and Protection.
To claim up to 30 hours free childcare from January 2020, parents should apply now to get their eligibility code.
As part of their annual Christmas concert series, The Ridgeway Singers and Band will be performing at Weymouth Library on Wednesday 11 December.
A new local volunteer is offering free one to one courses of a digital flavour based at his own café. Digital sessions are being held on Monday and Tuesday afternoons at The Tangerine Café in Beaminster, a comfortable and relaxing community space which Chris Sims owns with his poet wife Sue. Book your first session… Read more New digital taster sessions at The Tangerine Cafe
The 2020 Local Government Chronicle Awards (LGC) shortlist has been unveiled and we are delighted to announce we have been nominated in four of the categories.
Jackie and Mike have provided supported lodgings for young people in their home for 25 years.
A man who caused suffering to goats, ferrets and poultry by failing to properly care for them on his smallholding in North Dorset has been prosecuted and disqualified from keeping any animals for 10 years.
Work to maintain Weymouth’s historic harbour is continuing.
New guides have been launched for homeowners, tenants and landlords.
