Wessex Water is introducing a hosepipe ban for all its customers. The ban, which comes into effect just after midnight tonight, is the first in the region since the summer of 1976. ‘We’ve …

The leaders of the Wessex Partnership – made up of Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (BCP) Councils – have once again called on ministers to allow Wessex to move forward …

Plans for a new Wessex strategic authority that would have included Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire councils plus the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) unitary authority have been shelved by the government – for …

The government is planning a major shake-up in the way local government is organised in England, and this includes the possibility of a new ‘Heart of Wessex’ strategic authority with an elected mayor. …

The battle to protect the ecology of waterways around the Dorset/Wiltshire border is being stepped up a level courtesy of an £8 million investment in the two counties in 2024, says Wessex Water. …