Bridport waste row: “Another nail in the Gore Cross coffin” says pressure group NOWTS
ANY SENSIBLE person would think that this latest review of possible locations for a Bridport waste transfer station has put another nail in the Gore Cross coffin. Since the county came up with the “it has to be Gore Cross” decision their primary argument has been that the Highways Agency will not permit any development [...]
Bridport waste row: Top Tory gores county council
A NEW review of possible sites for a Bridport waste transfer station has put “a big nail in the coffin” of Dorset County Council’s controversial choice of Gore Cross. Top Tory councillor Ronald Coatsworth, who is chairman of West Dorset District Council and county councillor for the Bride Valley, said DCC should now change its [...]
Good luck to the new Bridport SPAR: but what the hell is it all about?
FOR THOSE living in the East Street area of Bridport and finding themselves in urgent need of a packet of Sour Cream and Chive crisps at gone nine at night, those requiring a bracing tot of rum just after seven in the morning and those wanting to buy a second hand, or ‘previously viewed’, DVD [...]
Rebellion in ciderland: Top author says the answer is to punish the bad and go easy on the good
WHEN your Government’s in trouble and you are fighting a long and protracted war, why not raise the duty on cider and tax the peasants? It’s happened before. In 1643, during the English Civil War, the rate imposed was one shilling and threepence (1/3d) a hogshead, and a hogshead was 54 gallons unless you were in [...]
Bridport waste row: New waste transfer station could be built by picnic area
SIX sites – including one by a picnic area – have been shortlisted for Bridport’s new waste transfer station. It’s the latest development in a saga which has now dragged on for more than a decade and cost local taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds. A new facility is needed because the current household recycling [...]
Dorset to get first part of new national coast path
DORSET has been chosen as the first place in England for people to get new rights of access to the coast. The quango Natural England has been ordered by the Government to create an unbroken long-distance walking route around the coast, with some limited possibilities for spreading out for activities like picnics. Work is going to begin at [...]