Two big cinemas overkill for town
In the past week I have visited both the Plaza cinema in Dorchester and the Octagon theatre in Yeovil.
View ArticleCouncil workers should pay for bus
While some may sympathise with council employees having to re-locate to Dorchester as a result of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council moving whole departments there, I would venture to suggest that...
View ArticleRoundabout fails to change drivers
The Overcombe corner roundabout is in – what purpose does it serve?
View ArticleCounting firms in exodus up road
It appears that a question on the lips of many people living in Dorchester may be answered soon.
View ArticleWhy democracy is at lowest ebb
In response to Cllr Gardner, (Wednesday’s Echo) when he discussed WDDC’s accounts, not WDDC’s devastating office-move effect on Dorchester.
View ArticleGet rubbish sorted by machines
I put out eight different containers for collection on rubbish day: three paper, two plastic, one tins, one general, one food waste.
View ArticleIndoor street festival invitation
LOCAL organisations and charities are invited to take part in an indoor street festival.
View ArticleThe young must vote
I am about to leave school and head for university and the story you printed about Rachel Chamberlain’s struggle to leave home and lead an independent life is very familiar to many of my friends.
View ArticleGive Greens airtime
Jane Burnet (Disappointed by response,Wednesday, October 15) is absolutely right on insisting that Richard Drax MP is transparent about how his expenses are spent.
View ArticleTaxing questions over income tax
Jane Burnet’s letter (Echo, December 10) about Green Party tax policy raises some thought provoking points. It has long seemed wrong to me that if I earn £100,000, I lose £42,000 in tax.
View ArticleCruising along the coastline
The fine article about the sights and scenes to be found on our Jurassic Coastline (Echo, January 27) could not have been published at a better time for resorts such as our Dorset ports of West Bay,...
View ArticleSupport for talented Taekwondo student
Weymouth Moose Ladies Circle has just had its Annual Cheque Presentation to Local Causes. As well as donating to such worthy causes as RNLI, Dorset Association for the Blind and Weldmar, amongst...
View ArticleWealthy people should not have their lifestyles subsidised
I’M NOT sure if Mr Best fully grasps the point of my letter about pensions.
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