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Friday, January 10, 2025
Officers searching for missing teenager Jodie Fourmaux are pleased to confirm she has been found safe and well. Jodie, 18, had last been seen at the address where she was living in Bournemouth at around 6.30pm yesterday, Wednesday 20 June 2018, and she was reported missing at midnight. She has now...
Officers searching for a teenager who went missing from an address in Bournemouth are appealing for help from the public to find him. Hanif Sherzad, who is from Afghanistan and speaks limited English, was last seen at the address where he was staying in Alum Chine Road at around 1pm...
Dorset Police is calling on the support of knitting enthusiasts across the county to create teddy bears for children in distress.  The teddies will be carried in patrol cars and used to comfort young children who are distressed or experiencing a traumatic event. Police Constable Conroy, of Dorset Police, said: “Sadly...
Update - appeal to find missing boy from Christchurch Officers searching for a missing boy from Christchurch are pleased to say he has been found safe and well. Shaye Hughes, who is 14 years old, was last seen at his home address at around 5.20pm on Monday 14 May 2018. He was...

Baby Steps

Healthwatch Dorset have published a new report about maternity services in Dorset, called Baby Steps.   Healthwatch Dorset spoke to over 100 local women and their families to find out what it's really like when you have a baby in Dorset. They organised two events in Boscombe, ran a facebook survey and...
The school prom season is approaching so if you are hiring transport, please remember to check it is properly licensed. Any vehicles advertised for hire with a driver should be appropriately licensed with the local authority from where they operate or the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). That is the...
Thank you so much to everyone: We are very pleased to say missing 14-year-old Shaye Hughes has been found safe and well. Shaye, who has learning disabilities, went missing from his home in River Way, Christchurch, at around 10.30am today, Monday 16 April 2018.  He was...
How does travelling the world touring with top bands and artists using your skills to help deliver world-class performances sound? Well two former Bournemouth & Poole College students are doing just that and have worked with some pretty impressive names too. Phil Mead and David White both studied...
Students from The Grange School, Highcliffe School and Twynham School have been cooking up a storm in the semi-finals of the Christchurch Food Festival Junior Cook of the Year competition. The competition, organised by Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust and sponsored by Christchurch Rotary, asks the students to prepare...

Understanding Acne

Acne is an extremely common and distressing condition that affects the skin’s oil glands. The small holes in your skin (pores) connect to oil glands under the skin. These glands make an oily substance called sebum. The pores connect to the glands by a canal called a follicle. Inside...