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A GIANT bug hotel was built to give insects a safe home over the winter months.

Entrance to West Rivers House (Boldwood House) off West Allington Bridport Picture: Google DORSET Council is to go ahead with flats in a Dorset property, although some may be too small to meet national minimum standards. The council’s area planning committee has agreed a proposal to divide four flats into eight at West Rivers House, 13 West Allington on the outskirts of Bridport town centre. The flats are intended for short-term emergency homeless accommodation. Planners heard that so...

DORSET Council is to go ahead with flats in a Bridport property, although some may be too small to meet national minimum standards.

Nothing was tangibly done about safety at Custom House Quay in Weymouth until I asked for the Harbour Risk Assessments last year. I did that because I was so moved when two parents shared the tragedy of losing their son who fell in the harbour and died. Over the last month or so, Weymouth Town Councillors have had a campaign against these railings. In my opinion, the campaign so far has been a distinct attempt to distract attention away from the issue – and that issue is that Weymouth...

Gurkha restaurant WEYMOUTH’S Gurkha Restaurant has been given permission to run a take-away business. The Commercial Road restaurant, in the shape of a boat, off the Melcombe Regis car park, had requested a change of use to operate as both a restaurant and a hot food take away. When permission is granted the business will be reminded of the need to keep the area free of litter. Cllr Kate Wheller told the area planning committee that the while not all the rubbish in the ...

THERE will be increased police patrols in Weymouth after a group of teenagers deliberately started a fire in a play park. Police and firefighters were called to Wyke Gardens on Portland Road at around 6pm on Thursday, April 8, after a group of youths started a fire. The group of teenagers had gone by the time police and firefighters had arrived and, although officers carried out a search of the area to try and find them, they were unable to. The event has prompted the police to announce...

The Park District and inset, Cllr Jon Orrell Extra parking spaces should be available for residents of Weymouth’s Park District after a decision to reduce holiday accommodation permits. It will mean holiday businesses in two zones (A & C) losing permit spaces for customers when they expire – with guests offered a substitute parking permit for the Swannery or Lodmoor car parks. The lack of parking in the area has long been a problem with the area having not enough spaces for people who...

TREE saplings are being planted for all Weymouth children who started school last year. Weymouth Town Council is working to create a new copse area in Westham. It will be a special area recognising the young children in the community who started school in 2020. The town council’s Parks and Open Spaces team have planted 520 saplings in total, one for each child who started school in Weymouth during the pandemic. Local families are encouraged to use and enjoy the area in line with the c...

Proposals for new Gypsy and Traveller site in Weymouth RESIDENTS and councillors have voiced strong concerns over plans for a new Gypsy and Travellers site in Weymouth. Proposals for a site are included within the current Dorset Council Local Plan, which was debated by Weymouth town councillors and residents during a four hour long public meeting last night. Part of the meeting focussed on discussions around a new Travellers site Dorset Council is proposing at Higher South Buckland Farm, ...

Almost 100 new homes have been approved at the Royal Manor school site, Portland - inset cllr Susan Cockings and cllr Paul Kimber AN outline application for almost 100 homes on the Royal Manor Arts College site, Portland has been agreed. It clears the way for the former school buildings to be demolished but does not yet allow building to start, apart from creating a site entrance off Weston Road. The buildings on the 2.5 hectare site have stood empty since July 2016. The Homes England a...