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Monday, May 20, 2024
The Coroner for Dorset is seeking the assistance of the public to find the next of kin of a man who lived in Sherborne. Richard Peter Nicholas Bentley, who was 71 years old and known as Nick, died at his home address in Albert Row on Sunday 6 November 2022. His death...
An angry member of the public has confronted Health Secretary Steve Barclay in the street, demanding to know why the government has done "bugger all" about lengthy waits for ambulances. The Cabinet minister was speaking to media outside Moorfields Eye Hospital in Old Street, central London, when a woman interrupted...
The normal pooping pattern of an adult spans from three times a day to once every three days, meaning the average person poops approximately once a day—about 1 ounce of stool for each 12 pounds of her or his body weight. That means a person weighing 160 pounds produces...
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...
Officers investigating a serious injury collision near Gillingham are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward. Dorset Police was called at 11.12am on Wednesday 21 September 2022 to a report of a collision involving a Land Rover Defender and a mobility scooter on the B3081 near...

Omicron has mutated already

Omicron which is an anagram of 'Moronic' - make of that what you will - has mutated. The UK Health Security Agency has designated the Omicron variant sub-lineage, known as BA.2, as a variant under investigation - with current case rates very low. Just 53 sequences of the sub-lineage had been...
People who experience a headache for more than four days after having the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab should seek medical attention, the UK's medicines regulator has said. They should also get help if they have bruising somewhere other than the injection site after a few days, it added. The Medicines and Healthcare products...
The Coroner for Dorset is seeking the assistance of the public to find the next of kin of a woman who lived in Sturminster Newton. Ines Somerville, who was 83 years old, died at her home address in Hanover Close on Tuesday 4 April 2023. Her death is not being treated...
Communities across Dorset are being asked to keep up the good work in stopping the spread of COVID-19.  Agencies tasked with stopping the virus in its tracks have written an open letter to everyone across the county thanking them for their efforts and urging them to keep following the restrictions. Local...
The Coroner for Dorset is seeking the assistance of the public to find the next of kin of a man who died in Dorchester. Donald New, who was 70 years old and lived in Elm Close, Sturminster Newton, died at Dorset County Hospital on Monday 1 May 2023. His death is...