Steve Harris Episodes Episode guide
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27/09/2016
Laurence Herdman sits in. Live from Dorset with local, national and international news.
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26/09/2016
Laurence Herdman sits in. Live from Dorset with local, national and international news.
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Is postponing council elections because of changes to local government "unconstitutional"?
A petition has been started to protect next year's local elections.
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We talk about the thousands of operations cancelled every year in Dorset
A 大象传媒 Freedom of Information request has revealed these figures.
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What does the future hold for the Weymouth peninsula site?
Our reporter is live in Weymouth to talk about the options for the future.
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Dorset police needs more people to volunteer to visit its cells
The force wants almost double the number of Independent Custody Visitors in the county.
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Cosmetics entrepreneur Liz Earle joins us as she takes part in a beach clean in Bournemouth
Also, we speak to the former Bishop of Bath and Wells who now calls Dorset home.
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We're live in Weymouth on the day when some pubs start to breathalyze customers as they enter the premises
The RU2Drunk campaign aims to tackle alcohol-related crime.
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The Bere Regis mum who had to sell her son's games console after her benefits were stopped in error
Lyne Fancy sold her son's Christmas present to make ends meet.
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Reaction to the news that plans to privatise the Land Registry have been put on hold, protecting 200 Weymouth jobs
Proposals to privatise Land Registry left out of government's Infrastructure Bill.
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We hear from a Sherborne mum who found out she was likely to develop breast cancer so opted to have a double mastectomy
Val Trice made the difficult decision so she would be around to care for her daughter.
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Our reporters are live in Weymouth and Poole as months of disruptive works begin
Water works in Weymouth and repairs to Poole lifting bridge will cause drivers problems.
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One of the finest collections of 17th Century Chinese ceramics - housed in Dorset - is to be split up
The Butler Collection in Mapperton will be sold in two weeks' time.
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Our reporter's live in Blandford where a crumbling cemetery wall has been saved. And we talk about plans for GPs in the county
Could plans to save the NHS money mean fewer GPs surgeries in Dorset?
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Dorset's Helena Lucas talks ahead of the Paralympics and the pensioner facing a 拢160 fine for typing his car reg incorrectly
We hear from the first member of Paralympics GB to be named, Helena Lucas.
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06/09/2016
Live from Dorset, Steve Harris starts the day with local, national and international news.
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Will Brexit mean that fishing regulations governing Dorset's fishermen face fewer regulations?
We speak to a Poole fisherman unhappy about the amount of bass he's throwing back.
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Ahead of the 175th Dorset County Show, Charlotte is live at the Cokers Frome showground
We hear about an NFU meeting at the county show to talk about the future of farming.
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On her first day at sixth form, we hear from the Dorchester girl whose life has been changed by receiving a kidney transplant
16 year old Risa Romy is encouraging people to talk more about organ donation.
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The badger cull has come to North and West Dorset. We speak to the Dorset Wildlife Trust and the National Farmers' Union
The Chief Exec of the DWT and the Vice Chair of the Dorset NFU join Steve on the show.
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As a public consultation starts on the future of Dorset councils, we ask is the county best served by two unitary authorities?
The chief exec of Bournemouth Borough Council and the West Dorset MP join Steve
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Is it harder coming out in Dorset than in other parts of the country? And we meet a Dorset-based Olympic medallist
Amber from Blandford tells us her story of coming out as a lesbian.
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On results day, we speak to The Swanage School as they get their first ever set of GCSE results
Headteacher Tristram Hobson from the Swanage School joins us on the show.
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Should more be done to move on a travellers' site in Bournemouth? And a Stalbridge woman who chose to have her leg amputated
Residents say a travellers' site in Muscliffe is making their life a misery.
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We react to the news that the badger cull is returning to Dorset, and this year will also be coming to West Dorset
James Cossins from Dorset NFU and Jay Tiernan from Stop the Cull joins us on the show.
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We hear from the Green Party Councillor who's got involved in the First Dorset bus strike
Weymouth and Portland Green Party Councillor Jon Orrell joins us on the show.
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Could grammar schools be coming to the wider Dorset County Council area?
We talk to the councillor who looks after education in Dorset about grammar schools.
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A farmer from near Sherborne tells us about the devastating impact the weed Black Grass has had on his farm
Oliver Simon is one of the increasing number of farmers falling foul of Black Grass.
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17/08/2016
Live from Dorset, Steve Harris starts the day with local, national and international news.
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The Poole company putting its plans for expansion on hold following the referendum result
We speak to the boss of a company that had planned a move to a new 拢2m factory.