Council leaders say it is "extremely disappointing" the government will not include their authorities in a devolution ...

BCP Council has previously resisted an invitation to join the proposed Heart of Wessex region. However, Dorset Council leader Nick Ireland said the formation of a larger mayoral authority was ...

Lib Dem councillor Sandra Moore said many services like Police Fire and Healthcare were already shared within the Wessex region, "yes, it's more rural" she said, "but it's a better fit for our ...

Built by the now defunct Westland Aircraft/Westland Helicopters (the same company that made the Lysander spy plane of World War II, the first short takeoff and landing aircraft), the Westland ...

A quarry could be flooded to become a new reservoir to supply water to thousands of homes in the South West. Plans are in the ...

From Monday 10 March to Sunday 16 March, train services will change on the Heart of Wessex Line with no trains running between Yeovil Pen Mill and Castle Cary for a week, while Network Rail complete ...

In December 2024, Dorset, Somerset, and Wiltshire councils committed to a mayoral combined authority for the Heart of Wessex region. However, Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole (BCP) Council ...

THE Heart of Wessex devolution proposal that BCP Council and Dorset Council worked on has not been included in the government’s priority programme. It would have given more power, better ...

Angela Rayner: I want the whole of England to have mayors BCP Council has previously resisted an invitation to join the proposed Heart of Wessex region. However, in a statement, it said ...

BCP Council has previously resisted an invitation to join the proposed Heart of Wessex region. However, in a statement, it said: "We are still open to looking at all devolution options ...