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Dorset
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Lighting and Thunder explanation
A brief but very informative explanation as to how and why lightning and thunder occur.
The Bank of England was the scene of protests this morning as campaigners called on Britain’s central bank to act on its pledges to support a green COVID recovery. Campaigners accused the Bank of England of failing on pledges to ‘build back better’ from the covid crisis, as recent research...
Mike Goulden explains how the lottery money will be used to revamp Radipole park and gardens. Mike Goulden, Chair of Radipole Park and Gardens takes us on a quick tour showing the future of the area... this is an exclusive video from Zzipp Media, Weymouth UK recorded on the...
Weymouth Town Council is pleased to announce the introduction of an electric vehicle. The new, environmentally friendly vehicle is in use by the Town Council’s cleaners who are now able to maintain the town’s public facilities in a more energy efficient way. In response to the climate threat, Weymouth Town Council...
From Purbeck police: 'Following reports of this site in the Northmoor area. We have visited and asked the local authority to dismantle it and tidy it up. There was a significant amount of litter from alcoholic products but nobody present to discuss.We will continue to patrol this area at different times...
Dorset Council (DC) has published the first draft of their Climate and Ecological Emergency strategy online, ahead of the document being discussed by councillors at the Place Scrutiny meeting on 23 July. Since the Council declared a Climate and Ecological Emergency back in May 2019, teams of councillors and officers have been working...
A new trial protected cycle lane is to be introduced from next week at Evening Hill in Poole on the main route to and from Sandbanks. BCP Council has introduced the measure as one of the Department for Transport Emergency Active Travel Fund schemes, to plug the difficult gap in...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) welcomes recent government announcements to invest in local nature conservation projects.However, there is deep concern about the threat to environmental regulations and massive spending on roads at a time when serious investment in nature could address the greatest emergencies of our time – climate change and nature loss – as well as...
Between 22nd April-22nd May, thousands of you joined the #ReturnToOffender campaign to challenge big brands on the volume of plastic and packaging pollution found on beaches and other wild spaces. The results have revealed that just 12 big brands are responsible for over half of the UKs plastic and packaging pollution. The Dirty Dozen look...
Extinction Rebellion activists put their heads in the sand near Boscombe Pier this morning in a symbolic protest aimed at government inaction on the climate crisis. The action featured smartly dressed rebels, labelled as cabinet members and Dorset MPs. This was followed by a procession to the offices...