Latest Dorchester News

• 30th January 2014
  DORCHESTER: Get to know trees A six-week course, Getting to Know Trees, led by Geoff Jones starts on January 29th at the Dorford Centre.
• 30th January 2014
  DORCHESTER: Drive-Thru Tesco Dorchester Tesco is hoping to build a drive-through building in its Weymouth Avenue car park.
• 30th January 2014
  DORCHESTER: Here we come a wassailing! Transition Town Dorchester members took part in traditional wassail ceremonies at the town’s two community orchards.
• 30th January 2014
  DORCHESTER: New format for Lions fun run Dorchester Lions are hoping that changes to this year’s fun run will attract more runners.
• 30th January 2014
  DORCHESTER: Love is in the air for Bards Love will be in the air at a performance by Dorchester Bards, the county town poetry and music group, at the Kings Arms this Saturday, February 1st.   
• 30th January 2014
  DORCHESTER: Desert Island Discs fundraiser for hall Professional musician, teacher, and Director of Dorchester Choral Society, Christine Page, will be taking part in a version of ‘Desert Island Discs’ in February.
• 30th January 2014
  DORCHESTER: Museum founder is subject of talk Artist and scholar and founder curator of the Dorset County Museum Henry Joseph Moule, will be the subject of a talk at the museum on Thursday, January 30th at 7pm.
• 29th January 2014
  DORCHESTER: Council give young people a ‘meaningful voice’ By Trevor Bevins. Dorchester’s young people are being given a forum for their views to be heard.
• 22nd January 2014
  DORCHESTER: Union warns worst is yet to come with budget cuts By Trevor Bevins. Unison is warning that despite millions of pounds of Government grants already cut from local council budgets in Dorset – worse is yet to come.
• 22nd January 2014
  DORCHESTER: TIC support children’s hospice Staff at the Dorchester Tourist Information Centre have raised £385 to help Julia’s House, the Dorset children’s hospice.