Controversial plans to build a 1,400-acre solar farm in Chickerell have been withdrawn by the applicant. Energy firm Stratera said it is abandoning £300million plans to install solar panels on land between Friar Waddon and Buckland Ripers following a public backlash. A spokesperson for the energy firm said after “extensive engagement with the local community, […]
An incredibly rare, early vinyl copy of Pink Floyd’s classic album Dark Side of the Moon can now be viewed at Clocktower Records in Bridport. Owner Roy Gregory told The West Dorset Magazine: “We are pleased to be keepers of a mythical release. “Very few people have seen it, and we are amazed it came […]
Like a phoenix from the flames, Bridport’s Edwards Tower building is set to reopen to tenants following more than £1million worth of repairs. A major blaze devastated the building in July 2018 and the building’s owners have faced an uphill struggle to bring it back into use. St Michael’s Trading Estate manager Martin Ridley told […]
More than 200 people packed into Dorchester Corn Exchange’s upstairs room to hear about proposals for a 4,000-home ‘garden village’ in countryside north of the town. Many people had to listen from out in the corridor as councillors and Wessex Water’s head of catchment services, Paul Stanfield, addressed the meeting, hosted by the campaign group […]
It was a packed meeting at West Dorset Vintage Tractor and Stationary Engine Club at The Colliton Club, where two cheques totalling £2,611.66 were presented to Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance. The cheques were presented in memory of Les House, one of the founding members and long-standing committee members of the club who died unexpectedly […]
Lyme Regis is gearing up for a vibrant and colourful Easter weekend featuring its famous bonnet parade and a friendly duck race. Townsfolk of all ages will be showing off their fancy headgear in a parade through the town on Easter Sunday, with prizes going to the most creative hat makers. Organisers said: “Grab the […]
Controversial plans to build a 1,300-acre solar farm and battery storage site in Chickerell have been criticised by local people as bad for the environment. Statera Energy wants to build the £300million scheme – that would take up the same area as 950 football pitches – on land between Friar Waddon and Buckland Ripers. Despite […]
The Sherborne branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has said it is “deeply concerned at the parlous state” of Newell House, a Grade II listed building at the junction of the A30 and Marston Road. The CPRE says the western side of the house is thought to date back to the 17th […]
Moonfleet 2000 Ladies have reached the final of the national Vivienne Trophy after an outstanding victory over Arun Ladies from Bognor Regis. Four rinks of Triples teams along with over 30 supporters, many sporting green wigs representating club colours, travelled to Banister Park in Eastleigh, to play the semi-final of this national competition. The 18-end […]
Ahhh, living in the wild… with just cornflowers wafting in the breeze, sheep gently grazing… and a rolltop bath. These are not just shepherds’ huts – these are Plankbridge shepherds’ huts – the original, and arguably the best. Just over 20 years ago Richard Lee, now 52, built his first shepherd’s hut in his garden, […]