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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
We’re on Bournemouth Beach, laying out a memorial to the more than 11,500 Palestinian children and 36 Israeli children who’ve been killed since October 7th. It will be over 5km long, and we hope to keep it here for 24 hours. The UK, US, and other governments should be doing...
EUROPE’S first innovative beach check app developed to help beach-goers check busy beaches following a surge in visitors last summer is set to go national after being backed by central government. Launched in July last year by BCP Council to help beach-goers comply with social distancing after visitors flocked to the coast in their thousands, the BCPBeachCheck app has now become Beach Check...
Just because our government and especially the Home Secretary Priti Patel and her supporters are psychotic, thankfully the emergency services and the majority of the public are not. https://twitter.com/RNLI/status/1420319266746871834?s=20 https://twitter.com/Steve54712762/status/1420342492902342657?s=20 Dramatic bodycam footage of migrants being rescued by the RNLI in the English Channel has been released by the charity for the...
Police have dismissed the suggestion that a boat hit swimmers in a major incident off Bournemouth beach that resulted in the deaths of a teenager and a younger girl. A 17-year-old boy and the 12-year-old girl died following an incident on Wednesday afternoon. Eight other people were treated at the scene for...
According to data gathered by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), there has been a 32% surge in jellyfish sightings along the coastlines of the United Kingdom. During the period from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023, the most commonly observed jellyfish species were barrel jellyfish, accounting for 437 out...
Second job of the day.... appalling and simply NOT ACCEPTABLE. Reports at Studland of overnight camping, attended the scene with the National trust and found this complete mess left. Unfortunately for the people who decided to leave with the fire still warm & their rubbish sprawled all over the area,...
Europe’s first innovative Beach Check app, spearheaded by BCP Council, will be rolled out nationally to support other towns and cities with crowd management on their beaches. Developed in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole by BCP Council, the Beach Check app was launched last year in response to visitor numbers in...
Maritime archaeologists have recovered two medieval grave slabs which have been lying at the bottom of Studland Bay for nearly 800 years. The slabs were cargo on the Mortar Wreck, which sank in the thirteenth century.The slabs, carved from Purbeck marble, were amongst the cargo of England’s oldest historic shipwreck,...
'When Will I, will I be famous' (Bros, Weymouth 1989) The Roadshows are celebrating their 50th anniversary and we decided to take a look at its history. From its beginnings in 1973 to its cancellation thirty or so years later. The Radio 1 Roadshows represent a significant chapter in the history...
With the weather finally heating up, the coastal towns of Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole (BCP) are ready to welcome visitors to their award-winning beaches.  BCP Council is encouraging everyone to enjoy the three towns responsibly, ahead of the busy Bank Holiday weekend and May half term.  The council works hard alongside...