A seafront theatre and cinema has managed to raise the £10,000 needed to put towards repairs to its roof riddled with leaks.The Mowlem Theatre on Shore Road in Swanage, Dorset, started a six week appeal to raise the money to add a waterproof layer onto the existing flat roof on 3 October.After many temporary fixes, the theatre found the roof was getting worse and needed urgent extensive repairs to avoid further damage over the winter and the possibility of cancelling shows or even closing the building.The theatre said it planned to get the work done as soon as possible to avoid further damage over the winter to the 1960s building.The venue has been using buckets between the ceiling and the roof to catch the water dripping in above its stage after finding puddles.Kate McGregor, executive director of the theatre, said the money raised through the appeal would be put together with funds from its other fundraising initiatives…

The government has warned a pharmacy chain it could lose its rights to dispense NHS prescriptions following a series of complaints.Services at Jhoots Pharmacy are "falling well below the mark", Health and Social Care Minister Stephen Kinnock told the House of Commons.More than 150 English pharmacies operate under the Jhoots brand, but there have been repeated cases of branches closing on some days and staff wages being delayed for months, MPs were told.The Walsall-based firm has been approached for comment.The minister was responding to an urgent question from West Dorset MP Edward Morello, who said thousands of people had been left without access to essential medicines."Jhoots staff have gone months without pay, despite payslips being issued, tax deductions made and pension contributions not deposited," the Liberal Democrat MP added.Mr Kinnock replied: "It is completely and utterly unacceptable if a business such as Jhoots is not paying its staff."He said both the General Pharmaceutical Council and NHS integrated…

Sophie CridlandSouth of EnglandPortland Wind PhoneThe group are hoping the wind phone will stay long termA group of artists and volunteers are using a disconnected public phone to help people cope with bereavement and loss.Known as wind phones - an idea that started in Japan - they give the chance to have a one-sided conversation with people who have died with the words being carried to them "on the wind".An old-fashioned rotary phone is to be installed in a red telephone box on Mallams on Portland, Dorset. Leading artist, Antje Rook, said "Grieving is like suffering a trauma and it's a very difficult time for people so through research we found this really helped."Wind phones are found all over the world but the one on Portland is the first of its kind in Dorset. It is placed on top of a hill overlooking the sea."The location of a wind phone is important" Antje said."This is fairly quiet…