By Lottie Welch
14th Jan 2021 | Local News
Dorset planners are being asked to sign off the final details of a 76-home retirement complex for Poundbury.
The project is expected to create in excess of 50 full-time jobs once completed.
By Lottie Welch
14th Jan 2021 | Local News
Dorset planners are being asked to sign off the final details of a 76-home retirement complex for Poundbury.
The project is expected to create in excess of 50 full-time jobs once completed.
By Lottie Welch
14th Jan 2021 | Local News
Security fencing proposed for a Dorchester school site has been described as looking as if it would surround a prison.
Town councillors have objected to the height and look of the fencing being planned for St Osmund's Middle School.
Music By The Lake will return in the summer of 2022, it has been confirmed.
The live music event, organised by Weldmar Hospicecare and Kingston Maurward in Dorchester, attracted thousands of visitors when it was first held in July 2019, who enjoyed performances by some of the UK's leading tribute bands and artists.
By Lottie Welch
14th Jan 2021 | Local News
Dorchester ballet and dance school may re-locate to a new home at the town's Sandringham Sports Centre.
Town councillors have backed the idea of allowing the school to build in a corner of its car park alongside the sports centre, which is home to the town's bowls club.
By Lottie Welch
14th Jan 2021 | Local News
Visitors to Hardy's Birthplace and Thorncombe Woods are urged not to feed the ponies.
A spokesman said: "They are bred to deal with a low nutrient diet, so even apples and carrots are not OK and neither are polos or things from packets.
By Lottie Welch
13th Jan 2021 | Local News
A man has been arrested in connection with a series of reported burglaries on Dorchester and Weymouth.
The first incident happened at around 5.40am on Sunday, October 25, 2020, at Broadwey Village Stores on Dorchester Road in Weymouth. The offenders allegedly gained entry by smashing a glass panel. Nothing was reported as stolen.
By Lottie Welch
13th Jan 2021 | Local News
Dorchester Nub News is delighted to announce that Nantes Solicitors has become our main news sponsor.
The firm has a long-established reputation in Dorset for legal expertise and excellent customer care since its opening in the 1800s, developing a considerable knowledge of the businesses and families in the local community.
By Lottie Welch
13th Jan 2021 | Local News
Dorchester Prison is likely to be used for war games – until the market picks up and it can be converted to housing.
Owners, City & Country, has asked for permission to continue using the former jail for Airsoft games, which it has been used for, on an occasional basis since May 2019.
By Lottie Welch
13th Jan 2021 | Local News
Town councillors in Dorchester are hoping to keep their share of the council tax increase below one per cent from April – compared to the five per cent Dorset Council is likely to impose.
But some fees and charges may have to rise in the county town, although these will also be largely kept to between two and five per cent.
By Lottie Welch
12th Jan 2021 | Local News
This incredible picture, from scaffolder Shane Webb, shows for the first time the extent of the maze of poles and planks needed to carry out essential repairs on Dorchester's Municipal Buildings roofs.
The complex job, which also features a framework inside the building, is taking local firm South Western Scaffolding almost three weeks to complete.
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