• The Weymouth harbour-side Peninsular (Pavilion) site. The council’s leisure focused plans, just announced, are derided by the business community. And is the site really worth millions, or not much at all?
• We harness the views of the Weymouth Business Investment District, the Chamber of Trade and a developer.
• A councillor accuses the council of not listening to the views of the townspeople and voting to go ahead with the unpopular plan.
• We visit Radipole RSPB nature reserve and report 17 swans may not have been stolen or slaughtered after all. And autumn is the best time for bird watching.
• We air the second part of the report on shared ownership – this time for the elderly in Poundbury.

A new fundraising initiative at Dorset County Hospital will allow for clearer and quicker procedures for patients with pleural diseases.

The initiative is being driven by the Friends of DCH, who have pledged to raise £17,000 for a new ultrasound machine for the Respiratory Department.
A main benefit of the machine will be allowing the respiratory team to diagnose patients suffering from pleural effusion more efficiently.

Pleural effusion is a build-up of fluid between the lung and the chest wall and causes breathlessness and chest pain and can be found in conditions including cancer, pneumonia, rheumatoid arthritis, heart or liver failure and kidney disease. (more…)

• Scallop Wars – a West Country trawler skipper tells of his experiences of being threatened and attacked by French fishermen
• “Cyril the Squirrel” gets his moment of fame, as told by vet Malcolm Welshman in this edition of ‘Pet Patter’
• We visit Mad Hatter day in Bridport and talk to a lady “sheep hatter” who takes biodiversity to the extreme. And no, she’s not mad!
• Where do all the phrases with the word hat in them come from? We explain, at the drop of a hat.
• One man (and his tank) who collects buckets of money for Help For Heroes – a report
• Dorset is famous for collections of historical military vehicles. We find an enthusiast who rebuilds WW2 Jeeps from the wheels up.

Air Ambulance charities across the country are once again coming together to celebrate National Air Ambulance Week (NAAW) which takes place between 10^th – 16^th September 2018.

Operational every single day, air ambulances are funded by the generosity of the public and treat over 25,000 patients throughout the year. On average, an air ambulance is deployed every 10 minutes; bringing the hospital to the patient and treating the most critically ill or seriously injured in their time of need.

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance will be using National Air Ambulance Week to raise awareness of their life-saving work via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (@DSAIRAMBULANCE). Many supporters are already holding events, dressing up, or going to school in mufti to raise funds and it is not too late to get involved.

Tracy Bartram, Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Communications Manager said: (more…)