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  • Wimborne Rugby Club Fouling A Continuing Problem

    By DomCar at 11:16 on 29/12/11
    Wimborne Rugby Club Fouling A Continuing Problem
    In November Wimborne Rugby Club expressed their anger at the amount of dog fouling on their pitches and were considering asking the local council to ban dog from the local playing fields. Currently before each game members scour the playing fields for dog mess to reduce the risk of players landing in it during the game and it angers members that they have to do this. I read with interest about how officers from Christchurch Council...
  • Wimborne Free Parking Plea

    By DomCar at 11:41 on 20/12/11
    Wimborne Free Parking Plea - will shoppers avoid the Square during the revamp?
    Businesses in Wimborne are calling for East Dorset District Council to drop parking charges in the town during the Square's revamp which is due to commence in January. The £410,000 project will include some road closures and the Wimborne & District Chamber Of Trade have called on the East Dorset District Council to help out the towns traders during this time of upheaval, especially after the free parking Saturdays in the run...
  • Have Your Say On East Dorset Gypsy And Traveller Sites

    By DomCar at 09:43 on 15/11/11
    Public consultation of gypsy and traveller sites to take place in Wimborne and Verwood.
    The East Dorset gypsy and traveller sites suggested by Baker Associates, appointed as consultants by all the Dorset councils, are to be made available for public consultation between 18th November 2011 and 10th February 2012. Public consultations will take place on the 24th November in the Allendale Centre, Wimborne and the 28th November in the Hub, Verwood, and more information on the process can be found on the council's website...
  • Dorset County Council Runs Into Trouble Over Pot Holes

    By DomCar at 10:29 on 20/09/11
    Dorset County Council have run out of money to finish pothole repairs.
    Dorset County Council is running in to trouble over their pothole repair strategy, as they now claim they are running out of money to complete the task. In April Dorset County Council received £2.75 million from the government to help repair the county's potholes caused by last year's harsh winter. But instead of doing just that the councils have been using the money to resurface problem areas, using more of the money and leaving...
  • How it all adds up

    By Wimborne People at 11:00 on 03/03/11
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    EAST Dorset District Council on Monday approved a band D council tax of £190, giving a total bill, apart from town and parish amounts, of £1,598.59. To that has to be added precept levies of £89.65 in Wimborne and £63.79 in Sixpenny Handley. West Dorset District Council approved a band D council tax of £124.80, giving a total of £1,533.39 apart from town and parish levies. Purbeck District...

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