This message was sent to the Parish Council by Mark Jones
(Dorset Police, PCSO, Sherborne, Dorchester, Bridport)

Where possible, please keep fuel tanks locked up and alarmed.

Consider installing tanks within a secure building or cage. If it’s not possible to keep your tank inside a building, consider planting spiky shrubs and fencing to hide your tank and surround the area around the tank with gravel.

Whilst many residents are enjoying their faster and, hopefully, more reliable Fibre To The Premises (FTTP) connections, many parts  of the Parish have yet to see the Openreach installation work completed and so their retail Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have not been able to offer them the upgraded service. 

Today I received this terse summary from Openreach Community Fibre Partnership:

Many residents turned out to the War Memorial on Sunday 13th to observe a minute's silence and remember the sacrifice that previous generations have made in defence of the country. Wreaths were laid by several in attendance, including by the Parish Council (See image above).

The Parish Council is happy to announce the installation of the new multi-play unit - The Galahad - in the playing field. 

We're so grateful to all those in the community that gave their time so generously to raise money towards the purchase of this play equipment which will be such a popular replacement for its much-loved predecessor.

Particular thanks go to:

A glorious afternoon to celebrate the planting of a glorious tree In commemoration the Queen’s  Jubilee.

With special thanks to Rob Green for planting and the construction of the tree guard, and to the Parish Clerk for organising the planting and the commemorative plaque.

To mark Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee the Parish Council, with the help and generosity of Rob Green, planted a Liquidambar (Sweet Gum) tree in the playing field. 

Following the Parish Council’s unsuccessful attempt to have Gollop's Ground designated a Village Green, the Chair and Vice Chair and two other residents met with the landowners on Friday 3rd September in Gollop's Ground. 

The landowners rejected the Parish Council's proposal to lease or purchase the field for the continued use of the community.

You may know that the Parish Council was asked by members of the public present at the Ordinary Parish Council Meeting of June 1st 2021 to apply to Dorset Council to have Gollop’s Ground registered as a Village Green since, in the terms of the Commons Act, the field had been used as one for as long as anyone can remember and as far as we know, at least from the 1880’s.