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Tuesday, November 26, 2024
A play about young carers in Salford that “knocked MPs sideways” is about to embark on a national tour.The show, Who Cares, was written by Matt Woodhead and co-produced by The Lowry and LUNG. It was made in partnership with Greater Manchester charity, Gaddum and its Salford Carers Service...
Last week, one of our readers sent in this ad from their local newspaper.We’ve since spotted it in multiple local newspapers across the country - and across social media.But the ad seriously misinterprets Yellow Card reporting data. Yellow Card is an important scheme set up by the medicines regulator to investigate...
Officers investigating a road traffic collision in Gillingham are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward. At around 3pm on Thursday 28 October 2021 a collision occurred on Newbury involving a red Toyota Yaris and a pedestrian. The pedestrian – a 12-year-old girl – sustained a...

Spiking: The New Pandemic

“I am actually terrified of going out at the moment” Jess Short, a student of Bournemouth University shared. A recent wave of spiking has spread through UK nightclubs as a growing number of women have found themselves victims of a new spiking epidemic, with multiple women reporting to have found...
Leading local charity Dorset Mind recognise that people in Dorset will continue to experience the most difficult challenges to their mental health for a considerable time yet. Requests for help rose yet again during the third lockdown period and many communities need help more than ever. Without a firm...
Police
Officers are appealing for witnesses and anyone with dashcam footage to come forward following a serious injury collision in a north Dorset village. At 3.29pm on Wednesday 20 October 2021 officers were called to Hazelbury Bryan Primary School in Thickthorn Lane at Droop, near Hazelbury Bryan, to reports of a...
Brilliant response to GB News presenter who wants to load all the criticism on to the NHS but generally ignores all the lies and failed promises from the government. If the government want to intentionally undermine the health care system to turn the public against it then they doing a...
'We write as NHS doctors who believe we now must come out fighting for the NHS. The NHS is a vitally important service delivering care to all those who need it, free at the point of need. But it is suffering badly after nearly a decade of Conservative government...
A minister has refused to apologise 11 times for the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, after a highly-critical report by MPs said thousands of lives were lost due to delays and mistakes by both ministers and their scientific advisers. "We followed, throughout, the scientific advice. We got the vaccine...
Officers investigating a fatal road traffic collision near Beaminster are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. The incident, which involved a white motorcycle, happened along the A3066 near South Dibberford Cottage and was reported to police at 1.05pm on Sunday 10 October 2021. Sadly, the motorcyclist –...