News in Dorchester

A new market supporting local businesses is coming to Poundbury next month.

Find makers, artists, producers and more at The Poundbury Independent Market.

Commuters using the Dorchester to London Waterloo line and splitting their time between home and the office could make use of a new Flexi Season ticket.

It will replace South Western Railway's (SWR) Carnet tickets and enable customers to travel on any eight days in a 28-day period. Customers will have unlimited travel between the same two stations on their chosen days, with it being valid across the SWR network and beyond.

An objection to a new premises licence for The Last Post in Dorchester's South Street is expected to lead to a council hearing on Friday (July 2).

Applicant Glenn Chadwick has already made changes to the original conditions and hours for the café/bar after comments from the police and Dorset Council's environmental health team.

Every week we will be sharing a circular walk in and around our local area with directions and photos. We use the OS Map app, which is very useful if you are out walking.

If you subscribe to our newsletter, you will be able to receive the walk first every Friday and be able to enjoy it over the weekend.

Dorchester market income has nose-dived in the past year – mainly because of the Covid pandemic.

The drop in income may finally persuade Dorset Council to hand over the management of the markets to Dorchester Town Council.

Residents are being urged to have their say on car parking proposals which could increase all day charges in some Dorset Council car parks to £10.

As part of the parking transformation project, which seeks to standardise car park prices across the council area, the council wants to know what residents think about a new car park permit that is being developed so Dorset's residents, workers and businesses aren't left out of pocket by the proposed new pricing.

We're here to help you find a new job or start a new career.

Here are some of the latest vacancies available in and around Dorchester.

Archive films not seen before are part of a free online festival being staged until Wednesday by South West rural media charity Windrose.

Four shows are available until Wednesday, June 30, thanks to support from Dorset Council.

Part of a former builder's merchant site in Dorchester could be turned into serviced apartments – let out for short-term stays.

The Maumbury Road site was part of the Gibbs & Dandy complex until the business closed in September 2020.

Campaigners took to Dorchester this week to call on Dorset Pension Fund to stop investing in fossil fuel companies.

Dorset Action says Dorset Pension Fund is still investing £128 million of their pension member's money in "environment-damaging, carbon-emitting fossil fuel companies" and should instead invest in a brighter, greener future.