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IN the week when the national Lib Dem leader visits Bridport his party has been accused of being less than straightforward in its local election…

ONE man is this picture is not happy to be there - and is accusing the Liberal Democrats of ‘hijack’.

If you don't like fishing in a crowd, now is your perfect time.

A SUBSTANTIAL home is being planned for hillside site at Martinstown.

A BANNER campaigning against a huge 4,000 home development proposed north of Dorchester has reappeared in the town centre - just days after it was removed by the council amid a row. The council says the banner does not conform to its rules, which state only charity and community event notices can be displayed, and that it is "unimpartial." But STAND argues the proposed housing development - which is several times larger than Poundbury, on an historic area of countryside - is arguably the ...

The banner being removed Picture: Chris Kipper Roberts "The conditions are not ideal for taking down banners," said Dorchester councillor Alistair Chisholm on behalf of STAND. "Where it has gone I do not know - but we want it back. "It was such an inoffensive banner - we were actually doing the councils work for them by drawing attention to the Local Plan consultation, and encouraging local people to have their say on a huge issue for Dorchester. "The council said it didnt meet their cr...