Month: June 2014

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Dorset prepares temporary traveller site

Work to prepare a temporary site so it can be used by gypsies and travellers in Dorset is being completed in the coming week. Dorset County Council’s planning committee gave permission for the temporary transit site at its meeting on 9 May and the council received the formal notice of the decision on 5 June.…

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Truck pullers pull a truck 27 miles for charity

Congratulations to Daryl Price and his Marathon Charity Truck Pull Team, who pulled a 2.5 tonne truck a distance of 27 miles. You may think that this was a crazy challenge and you’d be quite right, but they did it!  They started off at Wareham Quay, then headed to Corfe, Sandbanks via Studland, over the…

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Knockout Charity Challenge – few places remaining!

Dorset disability’s charity, Diverse Abilities Plus, has two places left for enthusiastic teams to take part in its second ‘It’s a Knockout’ competition on Sunday 22 June at Lodmoor Country Park in Weymouth to relive the magic of TV’s greatest tournament while raising money to support children and adults with disabilities in the whole county, and their…

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‘Ask Dorset’ this summer

An unprecedented public consultation campaign will take place in Dorset this summer, inviting local residents to have their say on county council services. More than 30 ‘Ask Dorset’ roadshow events will take place around the county during June and July, giving people the chance to say what services they value the most – and how…

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