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Superfast Broadband!

At a recent meeting of Parish Clerks within the Purbecks, a presentation
was given bringing everyone up to date on the current situation regarding Superfast Broadband.

In a nutshell, the Government is funding the UK wide roll-out of Superfast Broadband. The Broadband speed could be up to 8x your current speed! The timeline is around 2016 and it will be a service you pay for, like your current Broadband.

As you may be aware, the Parish Council have been trying to encourage as many people as possible to register an interest in receiving this facility and the presenter was asked to find out how many households in Bere Regis had done so.

To date only 73 have signed up. When you realise there are 779 properties in the parish, this represents only 9% of households.

The reason we need to show an active interest, is that the Government concedes that around 5% of rural areas will not be financially viable for the new Suppliers to roll the Broadband out to. Although the village would be covered, areas like Hyde might not be. The only way they could be, is if enough interest is registered in Bere Regis as a whole.

Let's help everyone who lives in our Parish to be able to get this service, no matter how far out they live!

So please try to encourage your friends and neighbours to register their interest. By doing so, you will not be held to anything - it will merely act as an indication of need to the prospective supplier.

You can register by clicking the Photograph above...

 

Huge Congratualtions to Brenda House for winning the Parish Council By-Election on 13th June 2013! A big thank you to the other 3 Candidates for their time & effort - Alex Eddy, Jon Parker & Matthew Smith. You can see the Full Results & Manifesto Summaries by clicking the Image above...

 

Huge Congratulations to one of our own Villagers, Peter Wharf, who has been elected in the 2013 Local Elections to Dorset County Council, representing the Conservative Party, for the Egdon Heath Ward

 

Volunteer of the Year Award

A local resident was recently honoured by Purbeck District Council with a ‘Volunteer of the Year’ award for her extraordinary voluntary contribution to our community. Alison Debenham was nominated by Bere Regis Parish Council for her work as editor of the Bere Regis and Affpuddle Parish Magazine. Click the Photograph above to find out more...

 

On the 2nd March The Amizing Prack was opened for all the Children of the Village to enjoy. It is a great Asset that generations of Village Children will appreciate. Click the Photograph above to relive the day...

 

Dr Brian May CBE came to the Village on 11th February to present his Vision on how he will plant Woodland on the 63 Hectares he has bought to the South of Shitterton. The Forestry Management Company he is using, UPM Tilhill, helped him outline the detail of the plan & had 2 Q&A Sessions, along with Brian, which were very well attended by Villagers. Click the Photograph above to find out more...

 

The bells of St. John the Baptist Church have rung out for over 500 years. Now they need a major overhaul which will cost £50,000. Click the Drawing above to find out ow you can help...

 

There are many things that people in the Village can do to help the environment. Click the Photograph above for some ideas. There are also some general everyday living tips that may help make your life a little bit more simple and successful...

 

We would love to hear your views on the Village Website. We have created a 2 minute online survey that we would really appreciate if you could complete. Click the image above to see it...

 

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Click the photo above for details on local Attractions

 

Click the photo above to access the digitised Parish Magazine. We also have full digital versions of the magazine each month from September 1996 onwards, in our Parish Magazines Archive. You can find that by clicking the photo above too

 

Click the photo above to access the village website news archives

 

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