News & Views

BRIDPORT

Speaker takes to the street

It’s not every year that a literary festival pours onto the street. But this year Guardian contributor and author George Monbiot, after a sell out talk at the Electric Palace in Bridport, took his message to Bucky Doo square. It was the 18th Bridport Literary Festival and after his on stage conversation with barrister Samantha Knights where he signposted all the reasons for our planet imploding, he received a welcome reception from climate activists in the middle of town.

YEOVIL

Casting call for choirs

The West End cast of Back to Bacharach who have performed around the world are searching for a local community choir to join them on at stage at The Octagon Theatre Yeovil in January 2023. Back to Bacharach performs the songs of Burt Bacharach who is behind one of the greatest American songbooks of the 20th Century and a legend of popular music. To apply submit up to a 2 minute video of the community choir with up to 10 singers performing “That’s What Friends are For” and “Raindrops keeps falling on my head”. Closing date to submit your video will be Friday 16th December 2022. Forward in the first instance your video link to:- info@backtobacharach.com

SHERBORNE

Volunteers celebrated

While disruption due to industril action on our railways caused inconvenience to many over the last month, volunteers who had worked to make local railway stations bright and comfortable were rewarded in the first regional awards ceremony. Hosted and organised by Blackmore Vale Line Community Rail Partnership and sponsored by The Gardens Group and South West Coaches more than 100 station volunteers from across the South Western Railway and Great Western Railway region gathered. Many stations in the local area were amongst those scooping top awards including Sherborne, Yetminster, Yeovil Pen Mill, Yeovil Junction and Yeovil Railway Centre.

LYME REGIS

Racial graffito police appeal

Officers investigating an incident of graffiti in Lyme Regis are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. Dorset Police received a report that the gazebo, nearby steps and pathway in Langmoor Gardens were defaced with graffiti, some of which had a racial or anti-Semitic element. Police Constable Kirsti Frecknall, of West Dorset police, said: ‘Dorset Police takes hate crime extremely seriously and we are committed to identifying those responsible.’Anyone with information is asked to contact Dorset Police at www. dorset.police.uk/contact, via email 101@ dorset.pnn.police.uk or by calling 101.

DORSET

Join the new recruits

Dorset Police has recruited an extra 113 student police officers as part of the national Uplift programme. In 2019 the Government announced plans to recruit an extra 20,000 officers over three years and by the end of September 2022 a total of 15,343 additional officers have been recruited by police forces across England and Wales. You can apply to become a police officer for Dorset Police now. To find out more, visit: https:// recruitment-dcp-dp.org/dorset-your-policecareer/police-officers/.