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Treatment agreed for Blandford Fly

Treatment agreed for Blandford Fly

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A meeting was held on 4 November made up of North Dorset, East Dorset, Christchurch and Poole councils along with Public Health England, NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group, Freshwater Biological Association and local residents to consider the future treatment of the River Stour.

All partners agreed to continue with the treatment in the Spring of 2016.

The decision will now be reported to the Dorset Health Protection Network on 9 December who will be told that local authority and health funding arrangements have been agreed and that permission has been granted to treat the river.
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PR4293 – Site meeting at Dinah’s Hollow

C13Site meeting at Dinah’s Hollow

Landowners and parish councillors have met with engineers in Dinah’s Hollow to discuss proposals to stabilise the slopes.

Representatives from Dorset County Council explained which trees would be retained, what vegetation will be cut back and where the soil nails and mesh will be used.

Dorset County Council closed part of theC13 that links Blandford to Shaftesbury in April 2014after receiving a report that showed that the slopes through the hollow were unstable.The road wastemporarily opened in July, under traffic management measures that will protect road users.

Local wildlife, including bats, badgers and nesting birds have been taken into consideration by the plans to minimise disturbance and to keep as much of the environment as natural as possible, while removing the risk of slippage along the slopes.

Cllr Peter Finney, the council’s Cabinet member for environment, said:

“It has been a useful exercise for everyone. We have worked with the local community to find an acceptable level of work that gives us a solution to stabilise the slopes.”

“The next step is for the landowners to agree, in principle,for us to carry out this work and contract details to be agreed. We can then move forward on the tree preservation orders and other issues that need to be resolved before we start work.”

The plans for stabilisation of the Holloway can be found on www.dorsetforyou.com/dinahs-hollow

Issued By:
Fiona King, Public Relations Officer
Tel: 01305 224725
Email: f.e.king@dorsetcc.gov.uk

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Stourpaine Gardening Club – 2015 AWARDS WINNERS

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Stourpaine Gardening Club Summer Show Saturday 12 September 2015

The Stourpaine Gardening Club held a VERY SUCCESSFUL SHOW with some excellent entries. Well done Frank!!! Come on the rest of you, give him some competition! Pete would like to thank the committee for a job well done and a special thank you to Rachael, Chris, Di, and Jenny for helping our regular tea ladies. Also Barbara for her hard work on the raffle.

2015 AWARDS WINNERS WERE:

  • The White Horse Trophy for Fruit & Vegetables
    • Frank Tomes
  • The Leslie Coward Cup for Flowers
    • Frank Tomes
  • The Ursula Warren Rose Bowl for Flower Arranging
    • Fran Bromley
  • The Nan Preston Cup for Preserves, Cakes and Pastries
    • Gyda Warren
  • The Pritchard Cup for Photography
    • Caroline Charnley
  • The John Skelly Trophy for Photography by a Club Member
    • Caroline Charnley
  • The Grace Upward Cup for Handicrafts
    • Jenny Rhodes
  • The Captain Tremble Cup for Painting and Drawing, jointly won by
    • Mary Phipps & Linda Johnson
  • The Jubilee Cup for the Written Word
    • Margaret Norman
  • The Langdon Cup for highest overall points by a Club Member
    • Frank Tomes
  • The Iva Dimond Cup for the highest overall points
    • Frank Tomes
  • The King Edward Cup for the greatest weight grown by a Gardening Club Member from one potato
    • Frank Tomes
  • The Jean Chandler Cup for children up to 7 years
    • Oliver Wells
  • The Mrs Oliver Cup for children aged 8 to 13 years
    • Ollie Hargrave
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PR 4282 – Road closure for site meeting

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logoRoad closure for site meeting

Part of the road that links Blandford and Shaftesbury will be closed for seven hours this Wednesday.

The C13 through Melbury Abbas and Dinah’s Hollow is to be shut between 9am and 4pm so that Dorset County Council engineers can meet with landowners to discuss the stabilisation proposals.

Cllr Peter Finney, Cabinet member for environment, said:

“It’s essential for us to discuss our proposals with landowners and unfortunately, due to the narrow passage through the hollow, we need to close the road to carry out the site visit safely.

“We’ll be carrying out a site inspection and survey work to make the best use of time, we’re sorry for the disruption the closure will cause.”

The road is currently open under traffic management following a complete closure by the council last year after the slopes through the hollow were found to be unstable.

More information can be found at dinahs-hollow

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PR 4250 – C13 – Growing support for HGV one-way system

C13DCCGrowing support for HGV one-way system

The trial of an unofficial, voluntary HGV one-way system directing HGVs to travel north towards Shaftesbury on the A350 and south towards Blandford on the C13 is being supported by local and national firms

Dorset County Council implemented this scheme following feedback from haulage firms and residents along both roads. It will lessen the likelihood of two HGV’s travelling in opposite directions trying to pass each other at a pinch point. This situation, when it happens, can cause disruption and delays to all highway users and impacts on local communities.

The voluntary one-way system started on 20 July and has gained support from haulage companies including the county council’s business partners Hanson and the Dorset Waste Partnership. The Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport Association have informed their members of this scheme and have asked them to make a measurable impact on the way HGV’s and coaches travel these routes.

Cllr Peter Finney, the county council’s Cabinet member for environment, said:

“This trial of a one-way system is down to the hard work of officers negotiating with the relevant organisations to find a solution that would work.

“This is a voluntary scheme and we are unable to enforce it, but if it can reduce the number of HGVs meeting than it has to be good for everyone.

“We will continue to monitor this arrangement, keeping an eye on the situation.”

The trial will continue until the C13 at Melbury Abbas is closed again when work will start on stabilising Dinah’s Hollow. The road had been closed for over a year due to the risk to road users from the unstable slopes. A date for this work has not been set.

For more information about the Dinah’s Hollow project visit www.dorsetforyou.com/dinahs-hollow.

Issued By:
Fiona King, Public Relations Officer
Tel: 01305 224725
Email: f.e.king@dorsetcc.gov.uk

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PR 4219 – £50k to help Dorset business women go digital

Stourpaine White Horse Pub£50k to help Dorset business women go digital

Dorset business women are getting another chance to improve their digital skills when a £50k programme gets underway in the autumn. The second Dorset Business Women go Digital programme will help women start and grow their businesses by developing their skills, knowledge and confidence of using digital technology.

The first Dorset Business Women go Digital programme which finished in March helped 120 women-led businesses. Following its success, Government Equalities Office has offered Superfast Dorset further grant funding to help those women continue their digital journey as well as helping women just starting to develop their digital know-how.

Colin Jamieson holds the Economy portfolio for Dorset County Council, one of the Superfast Dorset partners. He said:

“Women face particular challenges in the workplace, often having to juggle caring responsibilities which mean they need to work flexibly and having a gap in their careers which mean they can fall behind as technology advances.

“There could be an extra one million female entrepreneurs if women started businesses at the same rate as men. We want to help Dorset business women go digital which will help them start and build businesses here.”

Nicci Campbell, who runs the Angel Cake Company in Dorchester, benefited from the first programme and is hoping the new programme will help build her business even more. She said:

“I was a complete Luddite; I had no idea how to use digital technology until I went to the project launch conference in the autumn. Over the next few months I went to sessions on using Facebook, blogging and understanding Google Analytics.

“It has made a tremendous difference to our business, helping it grow by 60%. We are now looking to expand and hope the new programme can help us reach the next level.”

The new programme will help women to support each other through networking while ‘digital heroines’ like Nicci will inspire others with their stories of how smarter use of digital technology is helping them. It will be available to all women-led businesses across Dorset, with emphasis on rural areas.

Further information about the programme will be announced in the autumn through business networks. Follow @superfastdorset or visit www.dorsetforyou.com/superfast for details.

For more information about the Superfast Dorset rollout of faster, more reliable broadband across Dorset, visit www.dorsetforyou.com/superfast

ENDS

Enquiries about this news release should be made to:
• Penny Syddall on 01305 225065

Superfast Dorset is a partnership between BT, the Department of Media, Culture and Sport, Dorset County Council, Bournemouth Borough Council, the Borough of Poole, Christchurch Borough Council, East Dorset District Council, North Dorset District Council, Purbeck District Council, West Dorset District Council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council.

Issued by:
Melissa Craven, Communications and Marketing Officer
Tel: 01305 224491
Email: m.craven@dorsetcc.gov.uk

Communications Unit, County Hall, Dorchester DT1 1XJ. Tel 01305 224491
www.dorsetforyou.com/news

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