This year has been tough on all of us. Whether you’ve been impacted by furlough, job losses or face the pressures of being a key worker in the NHS or retail, coronavirus has created mass uncertainty. It’s important that local people can access information and signposting for their mental health and wellbeing. The Poole Dolphin Centre has recognised this and to offer a solution, they’ve...
Local residents who have been notified to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace will receive a welfare call from BCP Council’s Together We Can (TWC) team with offer of support and advice.
As the country enters a second wave of increased numbers of confirmed cases of Covid-19, the council will...
Dorset based singer/songwriter Keiran Knowles is due to release his second single, ‘Shout Out Loud’ at midnight 9th October. The song encourages listeners to talk to someone and not to be afraid to ‘Shout Out Loud’ about how they feel, especially if they are struggling with their mental wellbeing.
Its timely release coincides with World Mental Health Day on...
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Officers searching for the owner of a note found on Canford Cliffs beach in Poole say they have been identified and found to be safe.
The discovery was made by a member of public shortly before 11.19am on Saturday 3 October 2020 underneath a rock at the bottom of Flaghead...
Dorset Police Chief Constable James Vaughan is paying tribute to serving Police Constable Mandy Berrystone who has sadly suddenly died. The ambulance service was called to Mandy’s home in Poole on the evening of Wednesday 30 September 2020 following reports of a medical emergency. Mandy, 34, was taken to hospital,...
A man who sustained serious injuries following a serious collision in Ferndown has very sadly died from his injuries.
Dorset Police received a report at 3.39pm on Saturday 26 September 2020 that a yellow Alfa Romeo Spider had collided with a gate at the entrance to the Dudsbury Golf Club...
A woman who sustained life-threatening injuries following a collision in a supermarket car park in Poole has very sadly died.
The incident, which happened in the car park of Asda Stores in West Quay Road and involved a silver Vauxhall Insignia and a pedestrian, was reported to police at 2.08pm...
A wonderful friend of mine posted that the number of UK deaths from flu/pneumonia last week was 1,260 and suggested therefore that our response to Covid-19 may be unnecessarily cautious. This led me to do a little research and I'm presenting this below in the hope that people find...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward as they investigate a serious road traffic collision in Ferndown.
Dorset Police received a report at 3.39pm on Saturday 26 September 2020 that a yellow Alfa Romeo Spider had collided with a gate at the entrance...
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Officers searching for missing man Robert Wallace say he has been located.
The 39-year-old was last seen in the area of Cranbrook Road in Poole at around 3pm on Thursday 24 September 2020.
Following a search of the Bournemouth and Poole area, Robert was located safe.
Officers carrying out searches for a...
