Planners are being asked to give planning consent for two of the six – both on the Esplanade. One features creatures found in the Bay, the other, more abstract, is designed to highlight climate change. They will be part of six installations which will encourage people to explore lesser-known parts of the town. Each has been commissioned by Dorset Council working with the creative producers B Side and date back to a consultation exercise it carried out in 2018. READ MORE: The completed trail will be just under a mile long and is designed to be accessible to wheelchair users. More than 120 applications were submitted to take part in the project from which six were selected including three from Dorset - Ben Russell, Denman & Gould and Alex Evans of Stoneform - with visiting artists Nigel Ross (Dundee), Steve Geliot (Brighton) and Raphael Daden (Nottingham).
Referendum restores city’s committee system
Sheffield City Council is set to revert to a committee system of governance after a successful local campaign.
In a referendum alongside the recent council elections, voters backed the committee system over a leader-and-cabinet one by 89,670 votes to 48,727.
The council is newly under no overall control following Labour losses at last week’s elections.
The referendum was called in 2019 after the It’s Our City group collected enough signatures. It was postposed last year due to the pandemic.
Two Labour cabinet members and four cabinet assistants resigned at the time to support a return to the committee system.
Prepartion for filming a new Star Wars TV series has begun at Winspit Quarry in East Dorset. Picture: Dorset Echo/Michael Taylor THE Force is with us in Dorset..as Hollywood takes over a quarry to film scenes for a new Star Wars production. There s a flurry of activity at the old Winspit Quarry on the Purbeck coast as cameras roll for an installment of the epic space franchise. The Echo understands that it is a Star Wars TV series, likely to be Andor, which will serve as a prequel to 2016’s Rogue One and focus on the early formation of the Rebellion.
SO, Dorset MP Chris Loder thinks encouraging young people to follow the science and reduce their carbon footprint by eating less meat is woke . He says it is astounding that the BBC programme suggested that children could reduce their meat consumption over a two-week period as one step towards earning a Blue Peter Green badge. More astounding is that the West Dorset MP is either unaware, or uninterested, in the scientific consensus - cutting meat and dairy consumption is an absolutely essential means of lowering emissions and meeting our climate targets. Does Chris Loder not see that British farmers are struggling, and undervalued, exactly because of the insatiable demand for cheap meat and dairy?
This new law will mean that those who abuse animals will face proportionate justice for their crimes. I met with campaigners last week to discuss the impact of speeding on Dorset’s roads, and measures that could be taken to mitigate it. I subsequently chaired the inaugural meeting of my A-Roads Taskforce. This taskforce provides a focussed and close-knit group to agree on key priorities for our roads, such as flooding at Monkey’s Jump roundabout, flooding at Stratton and congestion along the A35. As summer approaches, I want the roads of West Dorset to be as safe and efficient as possible.