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90 jobs face axe at food factory

Friday, March 12, 2010

NINETY workers at a Shaftesbury factory are set to lose their jobs.

Representatives for the Pork Farms food manufacturing site on the Longmead Industrial Estate announced on Tuesday that the company had lost a major customer and would be scaling back production of its...

17 possible sites for temporary camp

Thursday, March 11, 2010

THE search is continuing for an alternative to the site which for the last three years has been provided for travellers coming to the Great Dorset...

BREAKING NEWS: Body found in car believed to be teen

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A BODY believed to be that of a 19-year-old Shaftesbury woman was discovered in a burned out car at an isolated location in north Dorset on...

New parish centre is officially opened

CENTRE SUPPORT: Residents at the opening of the new Blandford Forum Parish Church parish centre at The Tabernacle. Picture by Mike Head

Thursday, March 04, 2010

A NEW era dawned for Blandford Forum Parish Church on Saturday with the official opening of its new £500,000 parish centre. Work started on the...

Training relocation delayed until 2015

Thursday, March 04, 2010

THE training section of Blandford Camp is unlikely to relocate for at least five years, it has been revealed. It was announced in 2007 that the Royal...

MP's fears as number of job seekers rises

Monday, March 01, 2010

NORTH Dorset MP Bob Walter has reiterated concern about the closure of Jobcentres in North Dorset after a leap in the numbers out of work. While the...

400% hike planned for parking charges

Sunday, February 28, 2010

TRADERS in Sturminster Newton are objecting to a proposed hike of nearly 400 per cent in car parking charges from April. Townspeople last year...

'Priceless' parkland faces housing threat

HOUSING FEAR: Pauline Talou and John and Lexi Cook of Blandford are among residents concerned at the inclusion of land between their homes and the River Stour in the core strategy for further development in north Dorset. Picture by Jennie Banks

Sunday, February 28, 2010

CAMPAIGNERS have issued a rallying call in their fight to protect "priceless" parkland in Blandford. Crown Meadows and Bryanston Deer Park have been...

Matchstick man's models

SCALED DOWN: Philip Warren holds his matchstick model of HMS Devonshire which dwarfs his replica of HMS Clyde

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

WITH Argentina making new territorial claims to the Falkland Islands, it is likely that the crew of HMS Clyde, currently on station in the South...

Volunteers help to clear way for bridge

WORKING PARTY: North Dorset countryside ranger Giles Nicholson, right, and Keith Yarwood with other volunteers after clearing the copse near the River Stour. Picture by Laura Jones

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

MORE than 50 volunteers turned out on Saturday to clear the way to turning a former railway into the North Dorset Trailway. The day is part of a push...

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