Emma Smart, 44, from Weymouth, Dorset, who has today been in prison on hunger strike for 13 days, was moved out of her cell onto the hospital wing at HMP Bronzefield on Friday. The prison is becoming increasingly concerned about her health.
On 17th November Emma, an aunt and biologist...
Work on the next section of sustainable travel improvements on Wimborne Road East in Ferndown to start on 24 April 2023.
The next phase of work on the sustainable travel improvements along Wimborne Road East in Ferndown will be starting on 24 April, between West Moors Road and Stanfield Road.
Construction...
As we approach the anniversary of Dorset Council declaring a climate and ecological emergency on 16 May 2019, Extinction Rebellion Dorset have written to them asking where their promised strategy and action plan are.
The letter was sent on 15 April 2020 to Cllr Ray Bryan, who chairs their Climate...
Recent widespread flooding across Dorset has caused havoc, clearly demonstrating that Dorset Council is woefully underprepared for Climate Change now, let alone in the future.
The UK has been on average 6% wetter over the last 30 years* and that is set to rise drastically. It’s not just average rainfall...
Our aim is to make the UK a cleaner, greener place for everyone to enjoy. That’s why we’ve created our biggest ever beach clean campaign: the Million Mile Clean. We’re mobilising 100,000 people each year to get out there and protect the areas they love.
Beach, street, river or mountain,...
As forecasters predict another sunny bank holiday weekend, a litter campaign launched in Bournemouth & Poole appeals to beach visitors to continue to look after the area’s award-winning beaches, while reflecting on its success during the past year.
Leave Only Footprints was devised in 2018 with the intention of encouraging...
On 23rd February David Attenborough addressed the Security Council of the United Nations. Here is what he said:
In response Rishi Sunak should use his upcoming Budget to enable the Bank of England to shift billions of pounds away from fossil fuels and towards a green recovery, tens of thousands...
A joint bid by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP Council) and Dorset Council, has been awarded £79 million by the Department for Transport’s Transforming Cities Fund (TCF).
The funding gives the green light for the largest sustainable travel programme of change to transport infrastructure ever seen in the area, helping...
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery as they detected an exceedingly rare and incredibly high-energy particle hurtling towards Earth. Dubbed the Amaterasu particle, paying homage to the Japanese sun goddess, it stands as one of the most energetic cosmic rays ever observed by scientists.
This particle boasts an energy level...
It is "moral and economic madness" to fund new fossil fuel projects, the United Nations (UN) chief said today, as a pioneering report warned simply cutting emissions was no longer enough to curb the climate crisis.
The need to scale up the measures to remove carbon dioxide from the air are...
