Local News

Dorset County Hospital multi-storey car park plans approved
Councillors overrule Council Planners' recommendation of refusal
West Dorset MP intervenes to save £62.5 million Government funding

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Four West Dorset schools awarded £1.3m for new facilities and skills

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MP’s lobbying secures £3.5 million funding for Kingston Maurward College

I'm asking communities to tell me about their unsung local heroes. Those who have been working in voluntary initiatives or doing personal acts of kindness; from shopping and cooking, to walking dogs, collecting medical supplies, manning support helplines or running community response groups.

Can you make a difference? 

For some time now Chris Loder MP has been campaigning for improved train frequency and better maintained stations on the Heart of Wessex line that runs from Yeovil to Weymouth. Please share your views.

West Dorset is set to benefit from a share of a £20 million government fund, as Dorchester South station receives much-needed funding for accessibility improvements.

West Dorset is set to receive a share of £1m grant funding towards vital search and rescue services, in an announcement made today by Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps.

DORSET MPs met with Health Secretary Matt Hancock on 11th February to press for immediate funding for Dorset County Hospital.

Chris Loder MP leads campaign to save the No. 6 bus service as First Wessex abandons route