General News
Gillingham gets high-speed fibre broadband boost
The mystery of the numerous Openreach vans and teams working around Gillingham has been solved – and it is good news. The company says the work currently being carried out is bringing ‘full …
Gillingham protest group forms to fight ‘threat’ of planned 85 homes off Common Mead Lane
Worried residents have set up a protest group to fight the ‘threat’ posed by plans to build 85 new homes in a field off Common Mead Lane in Gillingham. The ‘Save Our Fields’ …
Salisbury District Hospital to postpone some operations because of Covid pressures
Salisbury District Hospital is to postpone some routine operations because of the pressures it is facing from the Covid epidemic. In an open letter, Stacey Hunter, chief executive of the Salisbury NHS Foundation …
First residents from Gillingham get their Covid vaccinations
More than a thousand local patients and NHS workers received their Covid-19 vaccination on Saturday 9 January at Sturminster Newton Medical Centre. Approximately 300 patients aged 80-plus from Gillingham Medical Practice were amongst …
Local MP backs lockdown but asks for exit strategy
Local MP Dr Andrew Murrison, MP for South West Wiltshire, today voted in the House of Commons to allow national lockdown measures, as parliament was recalled from recess for the second time in …
A Happy New Year to all our readers!
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Gillingham and Dorset to be under Tier 3 restrictions
From midnight tonight Gillingham and the rest of Dorset will move from the current Tier 2 to the Tier 3 level of Covid restrictions. Under the new government announcement, Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch …
New rules for dogs in open spaces come into force across Dorset
A dog-related Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) across the Dorset Council area comes into force on 1 January. For the first few weeks the council will focus on advice and guidance to dog-owners …
Man due in court over serious collision near Gillingham
A man is due to appear in court in connection with a serious road traffic collision near Gillingham earlier this year. Dorset Police received a report at 7.13pm on Sunday 21 June 2020 …