Health & Wellbeing
In-depth features on health and wellbeing, alternative therapies, green issues – and much more besides!
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What’s On
Your guide to local events and gigs, plus our previews of local music and drama.
News
Your guide to key local issues affecting Dorchester. It’s your town – keep in touch with the latest news.
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SAVE OUR TOWN!
There is still time to lodge your objections to council plans to build 3,500 homes on the downs north of the water meadows. West Dorset’s ‘consultation’ exercise is over, but you can still sign the petition being raised by STAND – Save The Area North of Dorchester – a protest group made up of ordinary townspeople opposed to this massive scheme that would desecrate this landscape for all time.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stand-save-the-area-north-of-dorchester
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Dorchester is one of the most creative, switched on, environmentally-aware towns in England. The town offers a wide choice of alternative therapists, and independent retailers, including health food stores and gourmet shops selling fresh local produce – much of it organic. Dorchester also has a vibrant arts scene, both in the town itself and the surrounding villages – and some great local pubs and restaurants. So if you want to know what bands are playing and like to live a greener, healthier lifestyle, look no further.
Where to find the Dorchester Voice
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If you can’t get hold of a copy of the Voice (they go fast!) you can pick one up from the Tourist Information Centre in Dorchester Library, Charles Street car park; Owen & Simpson in Antelope Walk; Books Beyond Words, High East Street; South Street – Dodgson’s ironmongery and Mortimer’s bakery; Trinity Street – the Co-op, Shoetrees shoe repairs, Down to Earth whole foods, the Plaza cinema; and Tesco in Weymouth Avenue. Other stockists include Adams Newsagents, Maud Rd; One Stop Shop, Kings Road, Fordington; Poundbury Post Office, Butter Market Square; many local cafés and independent retailers, and shops and pubs in local villages.
Events
Coming up this week:
Still time to get beer festival tickets!
Tickets are still available for the ever popular Dorchester Beerex held in Dorchester Corn Exchange...Youth Theatre presents Chaos
A girl is locked in a room; a boy brings another boy flowers. A girl...Do you have any art for the Big Picture Sale?
What do you have in your attic? Remember all those pictures you never had room...Help spot birds and save Dorchester’s downs!
The weekend of 26-28 January sees the return of the RSPB’s ever-popular Big Garden Birdwatch....Escaping the storm
AsOne Theatre present a thought-provoking piece of theatre about one of the 20th century’s most...Eduardo Niebla Experience set to wow
Hailed by the Guardian for his “exquisite guitar playing” Eduardo Niebla is a formidable flamenco...Phil Beer’s string theory
As one-half of Show Of Hands, one of the finest folk bands in the country,...Stand-up fun from Angela Barnes
Angela’s brand new show of stand-up and stories is trying, really trying, to look on...
Latest News
What’s hot this week:
History at heart of new town centre bid
A new master-plan for Dorchester town centre has been unveiled, finally moving the focus away...Time to elect independent candidates
By Alistair Chisholm As a result of local government re-organisation in May of this year,...Crossways mini-town ‘better for growth’
Campaigners trying to stop 3,500 new homes being built on unspoilt downland near Dorchester are...Martin Clunes opens £9m cancer wing
Dorchester’s new £9 million state-of-the-art cancer treatment centre has been opened by Dorset-based actor Martin...Schools benefit from superfast broadband
Schools across Dorset are reaping the benefits of the faster, more reliable broadband speeds thanks...Work on King’s Arms to start in February
Work on the town’s historic King’s Arms Hotel will start within weeks, according to the...Elizabeth goes extra mile for Marie Curie
Schoolgirl Elizabeth Oswald has been pushing herself to the limit to help raise money for...Cerne Valley projects pick up £10,000 boost
Projects in the Cerne Valley have benefited from nearly £10,000 of funding from local councils....