In the case of South Hampshire and South East Dorset, a key objective was to bring the urban sprawl of Bournemouth, Christchurch ... even a distinct accent. Patricia Marchiori-White, a ...

A bid to halt local authority mergers in Dorset has been launched by ... Deputy Leader of Conservative-run Christchurch Borough Council Patricia Jamieson said a letter had been sent to the new ...

In response to this Christchurch Independent councillor Colin Bungey warned that losing industrial areas around Ferndown would be bad news for the new ‘rural’ Dorset Council. The majority of ...

A referendum in Christchurch saw 84% vote against plans to merge with Bournemouth and Poole councils A council in Dorset is to ask the government to stop plans to merge all the county's councils ...