FARMING AND FOOD Wednesday, 15 January, 2025 More than 10 years ago Richard Drax established his quarterly meeting with farmers, which flourished until the General Election. He passed their concerns to Government, working closely with the NFU at both local and national level. He fought to ensure that food production remained a top priority for government. Sadly Labour don't care about farmers and self sufficiency in food production and are... Local News
NEW SOUTH DORSET CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARY 23rd May 2024 A General Election has been called for Thursday, 4th July 2024. The boundary changes mean that in the west, Chickerell Ward moves into the South Dorset... Local News
Chickerell has a new Deputy Mayor 21st May 2024 Congratulations to Cllr Andrew Reid who this evening at the Chickerell Town Council Annual Statutory Meeting was elected DEPUTY MAYOR OF CHICKERELL. He proudly... Local News
CHICKERELL - FIRST AID WORKSHOPS 19th May 2024 As ex-services (Royal Navy, Submarines) Cllr Andrew Reid knows having basic first aid skills could save a life in a common emergency and techniques are often... Local News
Deputy Mayor of Weymouth 16th May 2024 Congratulations to our very own Cllr Caroline Nickinson, Wyke North Ward - Weymouth Town Council who has been appointed Deputy Mayor of Weymouth. Caroline is... Local News
Weymouth Town Council - Conservative Group Leader 15th May 2024 Town councillor for Littlemoor, Louie O'Leary, has been elected to serve as the Conservative Group leader for Weymouth Town Council. Local Conservatives had a... Local News
Local Elections 2024 Round-Up 13th May 2024 Unfortunately, disappointment with national politics overshadowed Local Elections, of that there's no doubt, along with reprehensible campaign tactics from an... Local News
It's Local Elections Polling Day 2nd May 2024 Local Elections 2024: When you cast your vote today please remember... Under significant financial challenge nationally, due to the cost-of-living and energy... Local News
Make Dorset The Safest County 15th April 2024 Update from your Police & Crime Commissioner David Sidwick It has been another busy and productive year, with progress being made across all the priorities of... Local News
Party Co-Chairman Amanda Milling responds to Labour leadership election result 4th April 2020 Amanda Milling responds to Keir Starmer's election as leader of the Labour Party. National News
The Prime Minister's letter on Coronavirus: Stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives. 30th March 2020 Read the Prime Minister’s guidance everyone should follow and the measures the government has put in place to fight Coronavirus. National News
The Government's Coronavirus support package for the self-employed 27th March 2020 The Chancellor has announced a new Self-Employed Income Support Scheme – helping many of our country’s self-employed workers. National News
Your NHS needs you – how to become an NHS Volunteer Responder 25th March 2020 The NHS has issued a call for volunteers to support the 1.5 million extremely vulnerable people in our society. Here’s how to take part. National News
Support packages for businesses affected by Coronavirus 24th March 2020 The Chancellor has announced a number of temporary, timely and targeted measures to support businesses in this time of national need. National News
Stay at Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives 23rd March 2020 Boris Johnson's speech to the nation to send us into lockdown: getting everyone to stay at home to protect the NHS to save lives. National News