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In this edition I want to try to cover three topics. The first one was going to concern the recent announcement by Lloyds Bank of the impending closure later...

After the General Election, when I said that, in the interests of North Dorset and the wider country I wished the incoming Government well, I meant it. I am...

Well! Quite a lot has happened since the last edition of this fantastic magazine. As the last edition was during the Election campaign the Editor, in her...

I hope you had a safe, enjoyable and peaceful Christmas. Let me begin by wishing everyone across the North Dorset constituency a happy New Year. I hope we all...

May I begin this little ‘offering’ by expressing my heartfelt thanks to all of those who have contacted me to congratulate me and wish me well on my appointment...

I want to focus on four Rs in this article. As I type, we are preparing for that great act of Remembrance. We will gather at monuments and markers to pay our...

Many years ago I attended a lecture given at the Royal Town Planning Institute. While it was not a sell-out affair (I doubt attendance at such an event is on...

I want to try to cover two issues this month: the first is around the environment and the second on a public health matter. We have gone through an incredibly...

I was really pleased to join the Shaftesbury Chamber of Commerce's AGM last week where a number of important topics were discussed, including the importance of...