Health Secretary Matt Hancock has faced a backlash after claiming Brexit helped the UK become the first country in the world to have a clinically authorised coronavirus vaccine.
The Pfizer/ BioNTech jab has been approved by Britain's medicines regulator - but the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has yet to do the same...
Very few people would argue that alcohol is good for us but the reality of how destructive it is goes far beyond many people's awareness.
For those who perceive alcohol as benign or a dependent the next 60 minutes could save or prolong your life.
For those living in the shadow...
East Dorset Friends of the Earth today published the results of their latest survey of plastic packaging levels in local supermarkets: Plastics – how green is your supermarket.1This shows that approximately 85% of products are still wrapped in plastic – despite supermarket’scommitments to reduce “problematic and unnecessary single-use plastic”.2 According to surveys by the Local Government Association and Which?3 most plastic wastes are not...
Officers continuing to investigate a fatal road traffic collision in Weymouth are renewing their appeal for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.
Dorset Police was called at 9.41am on Monday 16 November 2020 to reports of a road traffic collision on Lynch Lane involving a pedestrian and...
The government announced today which areas of England are in which tier as part of a tougher system.
Dorset will be placed in Tier 2.
Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have their own rules, but all four UK nations agreed a common plan for Christmas - revealed earlier this week.England will again be placed...
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a fatal collision in Weymouth.
Dorset Police was called at 9.41am on Monday 16 November 2020 to reports of a very serious injury road traffic collision on Lynch Lane involving a pedestrian and a lorry.
Very sadly, the pedestrian – a local...
A huge fire at a haulage lorry depot in Chickerell has lead to families being evacuated and the main road from Weymouth to Chickerell... being closed.
Emergency services are on the scene as can be seen below dealing with the fire. Locals have reported explosions.
Black smoke can be seen from...
Dorset Council declared a climate and ecological emergency in May 2019. Sincethen they have been gathering facts and writing a strategy and action plan. The Strategy and Action plan are now out for public consultation until 20th January 2021.
Dorset Action with a range of partner organisations have come together to hold online People’s Assemblies to help people have...
Anti-vaccination content on social media is "poison" and "garbage" and should be "stamped-out", Labour has said.
With hopes rising of a COVID-19 jab being rolled out by the end of the year, the opposition has called for emergency legislation to remove "dangerous anti-vax content".
The party wants the government to bring forward laws...
Politicians and governments are suppressing science. They do so in the public interest, they say, to accelerate availability of diagnostics and treatments. They do so to support innovation, to bring products to market at unprecedented speed. Both of these reasons are partly plausible; the greatest deceptions are founded in...
