A HOMES scheme set to provide affordable housing for local people has been unveiled.

Hastoe Housing Association held an opening ceremony for its recently completed scheme in Tolpuddle, with West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin invited to cut the ribbon.

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FRESH from his re-election last Thursday, West Dorset MP Sir Oliver Letwin officially opened the Lyme Bay National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) satellite station at Charmouth on Saturday.

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Parents in Sherborne are celebrating after it was confirmed that play equipment at a popular play area would soon be replaced.

A FUNDRAISING pledge to improve services for cancer patients at Dorset County Hospital has been given a £100,000 boost thanks to a legacy donation.

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AN MP’s eyes were opened to the plight of blind people on a walk through a town centre.

West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin visited St Mary’s Middle School in Puddletown to speak to more than 250 students from the Dorchester Area Schools Partnership.

EST DORSET MP Oliver Letwin took the opportunity to learn first-hand about the work of local family support charity Home-Start West Dorset when he visited their base inPoundbury.

CHILDREN can now walk to school after a 30-year campaign for a safe footpath to be built was finally completed.Youngsters in Salway Ash celebrated as a new footpath by Dorset County Council was opened - connecting the village with the primary school and the church.

Bishops Caundle faced losing the service entirely and having a two-hour a week outreach service unless more volunteers came forward to run it...

Oliver Letwin was in Bridport on Friday to visit the new Broomhills household recycling centre.

The West Dorset MP was taken on a tour of the facility by representatives from the Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP) including Cllr Anthony Alford, chairman of the DWP Joint Committee.

Speaking to Wessex FM, Mr Letwin said: "Recycling is very important to me because we can't fulfill our various environmental bills unless more people recycle. We need to create a circular economy where we continue to use things in intelligent ways, instead of simply throwing waste away and hoping for the best."