Blogs

Our experienced LymeOnline writers share opinion and comment on the latest Lyme Regis news in their blogs, plus regular contributions from local organisations

Regular blogs include:

My Isolation Diary – Philip Evans MBE
All Over The Town – Francesca Evans
Lyme Matters – Philip Evans MBE
Flashbacks – Richard Austin
This Month at the Marine – Sophia Moseley
News From Westminster – Chris Loder MP
Hix Recipes – Mark Hix MBE
Turn Lyme Green – Rob Smith
Plastic Free Lyme Regis – Karen Durham-Diggins
Tales of Lyme’s Past – Peter Lacey
Care Links Lyme – LymeForward
Citizens Advice – Mark Vandeweyer
Lyme Regis Town Council

Tales: Elizabethan Lyme Regis, Part I

29th September 2020 Submitted Content 0

IN this article I invite readers to take a stroll through the town as it was in Elizabethan times, its simplistic street pattern was of medieval origin which by necessity being determined by Lyme’s hilly topography. […]

Citizens Advice: Help available as children return to school

25th September 2020 Submitted Content 0

CITIZENS Advice has seen double the number of visits to its ‘Help with School Costs’ national website page on www.citizensadvice.org.uk during the run-up to the first week of term. […]

Seafront works now complete

24th September 2020 Submitted Content 0

LARGE-SCALE works on the roof area in the seafront gardens are now complete, transforming it into a much more usable and attractive space. […]

‘I cannot stand by and run the risk of the UK being broken up’

23rd September 2020 Submitted Content 1

THIS week in Westminster, our primary focus is on the UK Internal Market Bill, and I’d like to share my insights on this so far. […]

Could this be the country’s oldest tree?

22nd September 2020 Richard Austin 0

THE Timberscombe Oak is said to be the oldest tree on Exmoor and quite possibly the oldest anywhere else. […]

They will be talking about this for years

20th September 2020 Philip Evans 0

IT’S a night they will never forget and they will still be talking about it in 30 years time. […]

Pandemic playing havoc with our favourite events

18th September 2020 Francesca Evans 0

JUST as we were getting used to the ‘new normal’, the ‘new new normal’ has arrived with more stringent COVID-19 regulations including the ‘Rule of Six’ coming into force this week. […]

Five reasons to grow your own

11th September 2020 Submitted Content 0

WHAT better way can there be to stay healthy than eating a variety of the freshest fruit and vegetables? […]

And there wasn’t a dry eye on the runway

8th September 2020 Francesca Evans 0

SOMETIMES there are no words just an image that says it all. And so it was at RNAS Yeovilton when the families, along with the media, were invited to be present at the arrival of servicemen coming home from a war zone. […]

COVID must not dictate our future

6th September 2020 Philip Evans 0

THE summer of 2020 is one we will all want to forget. We thought it would be the summer when no one wanted to visit our town, which in recent times has emerged as one of the most popular resorts along the south coast. […]

Uplyme: An idyllic escape from the summer crowds

4th September 2020 Francesca Evans 0

EVER since I was a little girl, my family have described me as a “beach bum”. Growing up in Lyme Regis, I wanted to spend every spare minute on the beach. […]

Tackling issues with parcel deliveries

2nd September 2020 Submitted Content 0

UNDER lockdown, parcel deliveries have become a lifeline, especially for disabled people or those shielding. […]

The COVID pandemic has changed the way we work

28th August 2020 Submitted Content 0

IT has been five months since our last column and the pandemic has changed the way the council works – perhaps forever. […]

Exam results has been my priority

27th August 2020 Submitted Content 0

MY first priority this week has been to challenge government on the situation with exam grades. It has been invaluable to work with Dan Watts, the headteacher at Woodroffe School, whose students have achieved an outstanding set of results. […]

Working with wildlife doesn’t always go smoothly

26th August 2020 Richard Austin 0

SOMERSET-based animal rescue charity, Secret World Animal Rescue, works miracles every day with the endless variation of birds and animals that pass through the charity’s HQ at East Huntspill. […]

Why we won’t be given more cops

25th August 2020 Philip Evans 0

ADDITIONAL government funding will mean that Dorset Police can appoint 50 new officers this year. That’s good news and if we can believe Boris Johnson (?), more are on the way. […]