Councillors and officers at Dorset Council have been celebrating success recently as their efforts to care for the environment and fight climate change have been recognised by several organisations.
The school term is only a few weeks old, but there has been a disturbing amount of vandalism on buses while they are transporting children to school.
Dorset Council Cabinet has approved its draft Council Plan outlining the organisation’s aspirations and priorities for the next four years.
Seven Canada Geese carcasses have been found dumped on Dorset Council’s Blackdown Nature Reserve, near Hardy Monument. The birds were killed and had their breasts removed sometime overnight on 29 September. The remains of the birds were left in a ditch, believed to be the work of poachers. Cllr Ray Bryan, Dorset Council’s portfolio holder… Read more Dorset Council condemns geese killings
Care leavers in Dorset will not have to pay council tax until they are 25.
Dorset Council hosted a well-attended launch event to officially mark the re-opening of its Weymouth Library and Learning Centre, earlier today (Saturday 28 September).
Everyone is welcome to attend the annual Service of Remembrance at Weymouth Crematorium next month.
Where you live can really affect your health and wellbeing, but there’s a financial cost too. In England alone, it’s estimated that poor quality housing costs the NHS £1.4 billion a year. That’s why Dorset Council is thinking differently about how to use land we own, under a programme called Building Better Lives. In the… Read more New care community for Bridport takes a step forward
On the 18 September we ran our series of free, one hour adult refresher cycle training sessions in Dorchester Borough Gardens.
My home is within a terrace and the neighbouring property became empty quite a number of years ago; forming part of an estate in probate. Over the years it was left unoccupied and the upkeep of the property was neglected by the firm of Solicitors in charge, resulting in its condition to deteriorate over time:… Read more The blight of an empty home – a true story
Residents who confirmed their voter details online, by phone or text have helped Dorset Council reduce costs.
A drainage engineer from Bournemouth has been prosecuted and ordered to pay over £9,000 after he misled a 94-year-old woman about work done at her West Parley home. On 18 September 2019, at Poole Magistrates’ Court, Brendon James White, aged 26, of Cheriton Avenue, Bournemouth, pleaded guilty to two offences under the Consumer Protection From… Read more Drainage engineer prosecuted for misleading 94-year-old Dorset woman
Dorset Council is proposing a temporary extension to the former councils’ rules about dogs in public spaces in order to consult the public and introduce new Dorset-wide Dog-related Public Spaces Protection Orders.
Dorset Council and its partners are celebrating after receiving a £248,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to improve physical access to the Dorchester Roman Town House and share its heritage with a much wider audience.
The Summer holidays were never going to be easy. Apart from keeping seven children entertained, I knew we were facing the imminent departure of my eldest foster child. My lovely Mr C had been with us for two years and now he was transitioning home. With my heart trailing on the floor I started preparing… Read more The latest blog from our foster carer Amanda – Two very different goodbyes.
Work started at Chesil Cove, Portland today as part of a larger monitoring study with Channel Coast Observatory working jointly with Southern Coastal Group.
Visitors to Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, near Verwood, will have the chance to discover a hidden piece of Second World War history in September, which remained a closely guarded secret for over 30 years.
A vital programme to improve and prevent the loss of precious heathland and its rarest inhabitants, will start this autumn.
Dorset Council Trading Standards has become a Friends Against Scams Organisation, committed to take a stand against scams in Dorset!
Dorset Council has opened its Community Impact fund to back community projects that help improve the lives of local people.
The owner of a Dorset-based online fancy dress costume business has been ordered to pay up over £65,000 following a prosecution for the misuse of trade marks.
The pleasure grounds at the Dorset Council run Durlston Country Park is getting a facelift thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Last Thursday (5 September), our Western and Southern Area Planning Committee voted against the proposed demolition of the old council office building at North Quay in Weymouth.
Plans for a total of 31 affordable homes at Southill in Weymouth have received the green light.
Clean-ups of Radipole Lake have taken place this summer.
Is your home full of clothes and toys your children no longer use?
A right of way that crosses Lodmoor Nature Reserve in Weymouth will be temporarily closed while engineering work takes place.
Over the summer, 60 children and young people have geared up their cycling skills to stay safe while riding on the county’s roads.
At the request of Corfe Castle Parish Council, a set of three-way temporary lights at Corfe Castle will be removed on Monday (2 September). The lights have been in place at the junction of the A351 and the B3351 since the beginning of August, to help manage additional traffic over the summer holidays while the… Read more Temporary traffic lights to be removed on Monday
Dorset Council are inviting Weymouth and Portland residents to have their say in the relocation of a local Registration Service Ceremony room.
