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THE first post-lockdown music festival in the area will be going ahead this weekend. Organisers believe the four-day jazz and blues event, Lyme s Jazz Jurassica, is one of the first live socially-distanced music festivals to go ahead across the country this year. Jazz Jurassica will be taking place at the Marine Theatre and in Theatre Square, Lyme Regis. Acts include Martin Harley, Leigh Coleman’s Bill Withers show, the Zoe Gilby Trio, and Zoe Schwarz. Julie Sheppard, director of Jazz Jurassica, said: “We will stage a socially distanced festival with other appropriate Covid measures in place to keep everyone safe. ....
People think the Government hasn’t done enough for hospitality, but that may be too harsh This week, Mark Hix s peers may be throwing in the towel, but he s not ready to give up the fight 4 March 2021 • 11:00am It only took half-an-hour to complete my latest bit of downsizing. While I do like the look of old cars, I hadn’t used my black early-1980s Mercedes sports car for the last couple of years. It may have fitted in with my old London lifestyle, but down here in Dorset a Land Rover is all I need. So I parked it next to the fish truck with a For Sale notice in the window and within 30 minutes it had gone to a good home. An old friend of mine bought it. No profit involved as it needs a bit of work to get it running again, but at the same time no pangs of regret. And life feels simpler. ....