In 2017 Parkstone Golf Club applied for, and received, a felling licence from the Forestry Commission and in 2018 cut down a number of trees across the course.
The council advised there had been a breach in the normal council’s procedures, as some of the trees were subject to a...
East Dorset Friends of the Earth today called upon BCP Council to adopt ambitious targets for its Climate Action Plan and to provide leadership to local businesses, communities and residents.
In a response to the Council’s online public opinion survey about the BCP Climate Action Plan, EDFOE suggests that the survey design is deeply flawedand...
LOCAL RESIDENTS DEFEND HISTORIC ROLE OF JURIES OUTSIDE BOURNEMOUTH CROWN COURT
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A high court judge has thrown out an attempt by the government’s most senior law officer to prosecute a woman for holding a placard on jury rights outside a climate trial.
Mr Justice Saini said there was no basis for...
The counts for the Boomtown Fair salvage are finally in! All in all we managed to collect around 1300 tents and 800 sleeping bags as well as a couple of hundredcamping chairs, some blankets and some tarps. Most of the tents and sleeping bags have already been shipped down to Calais...
Researchers from Bournemouth University have recently put forward solutions for environmental breakdown.
Professor Rick Stafford and his team studied past scientific proposals and came up with a combination of what is called the ‘New Green Deal’ and ‘Nature-Based Solutions’ as a way of solving the problem.
It is Hoped, the research will influence ‘think tanks’ and finally find its way...
Just Stop Oil will soon be taking action to demand an end to new fossil fuel licences in the UK, which will disrupt some of your union members working in the fossil fuel industry. While the big energy corporations report astronomical profits and Governments side with them, trade union...
Plastic-free activity across Dorset is set to receive a boost with a crowdfunded UK film premiere and tour starting in Wimborne on March 14th.
Rubber Jellyfish is a feature-length documentary that explores the effects of balloon releases on wildlife, the environment and ultimately us. We know that throwing rubbish on...
It’s been over a month since Dorset Council re-opened its household recycling centres (HRCs, or “the tip”) after they were closed in the early stages of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, there are concerns that HRCs are starting to feel the pressure as restrictions continue to be relaxed and more people arrive...
There will be a short, four-day sale in the coming months and we will publicise these dates through Kings Park Plant Nursery's social media channels in due course at facebook.com/KingsParkNurseryBournemouth
Read a statement on the closure from Cllr Millie Earl, Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Connected Communities:
“Councils across the country...
This guide has been written for the use of members of the general public who are interested in the landscape and underlying geology when walking.
This walk crosses the northern side (limb) of the Weymouth Anticline, a dome shaped fold which extends across south Dorset (Weyland – the area south...
