I’m already claiming 30 hours free childcare, can I get Tax-Free Childcare too? Yes, you can claim Tax-Free Childcare at the same time as 15 or 30 hours free childcare for your 2, 3 or 4 year old. Here’s what you can and can’t claim at the same time as Tax-Free Childcare: I’m claiming childcare… Read more 6 things to know about Tax-Free Childcare
Bridport has taken a significant step closer to having greater influence over planning decisions in their area.
South Walks House in Dorchester was packed full today for the first meeting of the brand-new Dorset Council.
A busy north Dorset road will be closed from Monday while resurfacing work is carried out.
If you live near West Bay, you will know that Dorset Council and the Environment Agency are working on vital £10 million sea defences, but did you know:
This week we’re surface dressing the last few roads on our list in Wareham then the gang is heading west.
Leaders of political groups for Dorset Council are voted in At their first meetings following the local elections on 2 May, members from the Green group, Alliance for Local Living (ALL) group, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have voted in their respective leaders.
It’s all go for Amanda’s family with shows, painting and panel to think about. Here’s the latest installment of her fostering blog
More than 100 students from Thomas Hardye in Dorchester and All Saints in Weymouth spent a day learning about careers in construction.
A huge sink hole has opened up in Dorset. A small hole around the size of a dinner plate was first reported beside the Inland Coast Path on Bronkham Hill, West Dorset, in February this year.
We appreciate that work on the A350 seems never-ending and work is currently scheduled to finish on 24 May.
If you’re interested in fostering, now is the time to find out more. During Foster Care Fortnight (13-26 May), Dorset Council’s fostering team is out and about at a series of drop-in session and events across the county.
A Dorset youth councillor has put together a series of videos to help teenagers deal with exam stress.
Councillor Spencer Flower has been declared as the new Leader of the Conservative group this morning (Tuesday 7 May).
Our surface dressing gang is back in action in Wareham following the early May Bank Holiday weekend.
The results are in. See the headlines from the very first Dorset Council elections held on 2 May.
Over the next two weeks, subject to weather and sea conditions, large rocks will be delivered by barges to West Beach so that new and improved sea defences can be constructed.
Dorset Highways surfacing gangs are mainly in the north of the county this month.
Our surface dressing continues in Wareham next week, targetting residential roads.
Dorset goes to the polls on Thursday 2 May 2019 to choose the first representatives of the brand new Dorset Council. Elections to the town and parish councils in the Dorset area are also taking place on the same day.
Dorset Council has approved a request from Sturminster Marshall Parish Council for the designation of a Neighbourhood Area, which is the first formal stage of preparing a plan.
Do you dream of running your own coffee shop or tea room? Space has become available to rent as a café/shop at Norden car park, near Corfe Castle.
The ‘Inspiring Dorset’ launches were held in Weymouth, ‘Primary Futures’ on Wednesday at Holy Trinity School followed by the ‘Secondary Futures’ event held on Thursday at All Saints School.
So the first of March, I woke up and opened my curtains to embrace the first signs of Spring. I then shut them rather sharpish when I’d realised I’d forgotten the builders had started and I was seriously not appropriately attired.
Dorset Highways will be starting work next week to provide safer access into Borough Gardens from Princes Street.
We’ll be kicking off our annual surface dressing programme in Wareham this year. We couldn’t get to these sites last year due to utility work in the area but – as promised – you’re first on our list this time round.
A refurbishment project is well underway at Weymouth Library. Dorset Council is working with partners and other agencies to bring together a range of services and teams into one shared building, as a ‘library and learning centre’. The library building in Great George Street in the town centre is being adapted to offer space for:… Read more Weymouth library transforming nicely
The renovation works have been completed on the Grade I listed Kings Statue in Weymouth this week. Our contractors won awards for the work that they carried out on the jubilee clock last year. You can read more about that project here.
Dorset Highways’ surface dressing programme gets underway this month – with around 150 roads on the list for treatment.
Motcombe Parish Council has submitted a neighbourhood plan to Dorset Council.
