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Dorchester Market Picture: Trevor Bevins WITH a continuing fall in income at Dorchester’s markets a ‘full and frank’ discussion about the future will be held behind closed doors in January. Income at the main Wednesday stall market was £23,000 down in the last financial year – before the pandemic - and will be even worse in the current financial year. Operators Ensors has already asked for a reduction in the fees they pay for the weekly event. The council-run Sunday car boot income is also down because many of the markets have been unable to be held. Councillors have been told that £4,800 in fees from the occasional farmers market has still not been paid. That business is separate from the other markets and not connected with Ensors.