A BCP Green Party councillor says public services need to be brought back into public hands after a regulator found Wessex Water failed to adequately maintain and upgrade its wastewater network. Wessex Water, which provides sewage services in Dorset, has proposed an £11 million enforcement package to avoid being fined £10 million by the Ofwat. The full article can be read here

Despite a grim weather forecast, huge crowds lined the streets of Wimborne for the annual Remembrance Parade ahead of the service taking place in the Minster. It was conducted by the Revd William French, chaplain of Wimborne Royal British Legion assisted by clergy of the town. Dignitaries attending included Vice Lord Lieutenant of Dorset, the Hon Charlotte Townshend, High Sheriff of Dorset Callum Bremner, Police and Crime Commissioner David Sidwick, Vikki Slade MP and Sir Wil

A DORSET MP has called for urgent action after it was revealed that HMRC failed to pick up 83 million taxpayers’ calls. Vikki Slade, Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, has called for urgent action to tackle HMRC’s customer service crisis, including a new “Retiree Red Phone” hotline to support pensioners. The full article can be read here

GP appointment waiting times have reached a 'record high' prompting concerns from a Dorset MP. New figures show more than 377,000 appointments across the county have involved waits of over 28 days since January – a 165 per cent rise compared with five years ago. Continue reading here