Healthwatch Dorset have published a new report about maternity services in Dorset, called Baby Steps.
Healthwatch Dorset spoke to over 100 local women and their families to find out what it's really like when you have a baby in Dorset. They organised two events in Boscombe, ran a facebook survey and...
The discovery was made just after 1pm today, Wednesday 10 January 2018, by specialist search teams along the coastline near to Grangecroft car park on the island. Samuel, 16, went missing from his home address in West Wools at around 7.45pm on Sunday 7 January 2018. Weymouth...
Officers searching for a missing woman from Bournemouth and her young son are appealing to the public for information. Sheralee White, aged 32, was last seen at an address in Victoria Place in Bournemouth on Wednesday 3 January 2018 between 7.30pm and 8.30pmand had her three-year-old son with...
The family and friends of Ralphie Ellard hosted a “Rockin for Ralphie” music festival on Friday 10th November 2017 at the Ocean Room in Weymouth Pavilion. Over 250 people attended the evening and funds were raised via ticket sales, a huge raffle with over £1000 worth of prizes and...
Tuesday 22nd November saw Hansson Chiropractic Centre host a charity dinner in aid of the ‘Harry Singha Youth Leadership Foundation’. The dinner took place at Al Molo, the Italian fine dining restaurant in Weymouth’s historic art deco Pier Bandstand. The event was hosted by local celebrity Darron Garnett the...
Child protection is a world that most people in the UK thankfully never have to deal with. For those who do get sucked into the system, it is a very confusing and scary place to be. Though there are families who do not bond with their children in a...
Sunny Day Nursery in Glendinning Avenue, Weymouth established in 2001 will be closing later this year. The Sunny Days group currently has three nurseries based in Poundbury, Bridport and Weymouth and over the past 7 years the requirements of child care provision by parents has changed significantly. Several large...
We had a visit from the tooth fairy last night ... but the question I'm asking myself is 'how long will she continue to visit us?'. After all, she must be incredibly busy. This is a serious question I'm asking especially *whispers* as we have a tween in the...
When you have little ones, play dates are a must and quite often are more for the mummies than the little ones – although I’m sure in their own little ways they love them too. During these play dates it really doesn’t matter whether you have a girl or...
I thought it might be a nice fun idea to do an interview with my young MasterB - now one of those 'tweens' at ten years old. I thought it would be interesting to see things from his perspective, as well as a lovely memory in years to come...
