Local fish and chip shop, Salt and Vinegar in Ferndown, has been crowned ‘Best Newcomer’ in the National Fish and Chip Shop Awards announced on 24 January, 2013. Opened in 2010, the shop was judged on everything, from the quality of the food to the standard of customer service. Owner Karen Milner, who runs the…
Dorset Wildlife Trust has announced that the Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre will have a new café opening next month. Todd and Louise Moffat, owners of the popular taste*café/bistro in Trinity Street, Dorchester, will be launching taste*café@chesilbeach on 18 March at the recently rebuilt visitor and wildlife centre. Brian Bleese, Director of Operations and Development at Dorset Wildlife…
Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, has called on Japan to end its cruel commercial whaling at the launch of a new report revealing the industry is dying in the water. Japan’s whaling is being propped up by millions of pounds a year in public money, research by the International Fund for…
In order to celebrate what would have been Thomas Hardy’s birthday on 2 June, Heathcote House, a boutique bed and breakfast in Dorset has taken inspiration from Dorset’s literary son, and created the ‘Hardy Cake’, which is a honey and beer spice cake using local Dorset Badger ale. Kate Guilor, owner of Heathcote House says,…
