Good news! 174 people have recovered in Bournemouth and Poole hospitals. Patients who have recovered at Dorset County or in our Community Hospitals are not included in this figure.
Sadly 107 people have died across the County: 44 in RBH, 31 in Poole, 23 in DCH and 9 in the...
Officers investigating a serious injury road traffic collision in Gillingham are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward.
At 11.46am on Thursday 23 April 2020 Dorset Police received a report of a collision in Le Neubourg Way, opposite the Waitrose supermarket, involving a red...
Britain must be better prepared for "further waves" of coronavirus, with MPs told the government was "too slow" to respond to the current outbreak.
Parliament's Health and Social Care Committee was told by leading physician Professor Anthony Costello that the country must face up to the "harsh reality" that it...
As part of the efforts to help people get out of hospital when they are fit to do so, a new model is being launched in South Dorset.
The Best Western Hotel Rembrandt on Dorchester Road in Weymouth will be re-purposed during the coronavirus crisis. The hotel will offer 31...
The official data reveals that the combined total of Covid-19 cases in Dorset is now at 241. That is 126 within the jurisdiction of Dorset council and 115 within the jurisdiction of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council.
Although relatively low compared to many other parts of the country we must...
We are all spending much more time than we normally do within our home boundary due to Coronavirus.
This means we are spending more time with the people we live with and also those who live close by, our neighbours
Bonfires
With an enforced stay at home and a bout of good...
So I'm a Postie (and a dad, a husband, a son and an awesome friend!!) and would like to inform you of some important information. We deliver your parcels and letters every day.
What you may not be aware of is we ARE classed as KEYWORKERS through these terrible times.
The...
Dorset Council has closed all its household recycling centres (HRCs, or ‘the tip’) until further notice in order to comply with the latest central government guidance on staying at home and away from others.
However, your normal kerbside bin collections will continue to take place for the time being. We have already issued...
Empty shelves in supermarkets are a sign of a global freak out at the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article I’m going to look at the national mental health pandemic and suggest how you can use it to not only survive but to grow.
A little background on why I qualify...
The government will be sending letters to 1.5 million people in England urging them to self-isolate for an extended period amid warnings the coronavirus outbreak is "accelerating”.
Health officials have urged those considered most at risk from the disease because of their health conditions to begin "shielding" themselves by staying...
