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It’s usually sensible when writing articles for a local publication to remember the old advice that ‘all politics is local’, and therefore to write on local...

On Friday 29 September 2023, 70 Patron's and Member's attended the Association's Annual Dinner at Minterne House, by kind permission of Lord Henry Digby. After...

On Saturday 23 September 2023 we held our Annual General Meeting, attend by over 40 members. The Chair of the Association Cllr Sherry Jespersen, talked about...

Carol and Peter Traves hosted a Hog Roast on behalf of Verwood Branch on Friday 23 June 2023, the event was an amazing success attended by over 60 members as...

Today 27 members enjoyed an evening of very lively debate with Simon Hoare MP at the Simla Tandoori Restaurant in Blandford Forum. Topics included the outcome...

At the March meeting of the North Dorset Business Forum at Ashley Wood Golf Club the speaker was Ian Girling Chief Executive of the Dorset Chamber. Ian gave a...

One of the joys of being an MP is the variety that each day brings. One of the hardest questions to answer is – and invariably I am asked it on a school visit:...

At Verwood Branch AGM and Spring Lunch today, Cllr Toni Coombs and Mike Castro presented flowers and an engraved vase to Lucy Clark to mark her retirement as...

Cllr Pauline Batstone welcomed Tosh and Cath Abbott to the NDCA Blackmore Vale Lunch Club today. Tosh and Cath gave a really interesting talk about their "Off...