Brain injuries can have life-changing impacts on people of all ages, but this is perhaps more keenly felt among younger people.
1,415 children aged 0-15 suffered a traumatic brain injury according to the most recent NHS statistics for 2019-20, with 583 young adults aged 16-25 also experiencing this type of injury. For both...
It is time we adopted a much more intelligent approach if we want to find solutions to issues such as these. Blaming these young people has to end. Finding out why and providing the support is the way forward. As a Conservative area the age of blame and hypocrisy...
An unauthorised gathering of people has been taking place in the East Lulworth area.
The incident was first reported to police at 12.36am on Sunday 17 April 2022. It is believed that about 1000 people are attending the event and a large number of vehicles were also seen travelling through...
The family of a teenage boy who sadly died in a road traffic collision in Weymouth has issued a tribute.
Dorset Police was called to the collision in Portland Road at 3.30pm on Wednesday 6 June 2018 involving a young cyclist and a white Mercedes articulated lorry.
Tragically 14-year-old Rowan Lloyd...
Officers investigating an incident where a girl tragically died after being recovered from the water at Durdle Door are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
At around 11.30am today, Wednesday 18 April 2018, HM Coastguard received reports of a child and a woman in distress in the water at Durdle...
ESFA admits to redacting information about Aspirations Academy for fear of ‘damaging public confidence…’
Dorset Council are now voicing their own concerns.
Dorset Council’s second letter requesting that the Secretary of State agree to a delay in the forced academisation process of Budmouth College in Weymouth was made public this week.
Rt Hon...
Officers searching for a teenager who went missing from Poole are appealing for help from the public to find him.
Cameron Bhatt, aged 15, was reported missing at around 12.45am on Wednesday 23 May 2018 after leaving his address in Mossley Avenue.
Police have been carrying out a range of searches...
A new fun and safe space thanks to the #WillDoesBus
Young people in Dorset have a new safe and fun space thanks to the #WillDoesBus which visits Weymouth esplanade.Â
In a creative response to the evolving needs of the Weymouth community, the Dorset Council targeted youth work team is joining forces...
Contrary to the regurgitated propaganda by the far right the Home Office has found no evidence that child sex abusers and grooming gangs are disproportionately from a non white background. In fact the data suggests that the dominant characteristics are white men under the age of 30. This flies...
Police are warning young people in the Poole and Purbeck areas over the dangers of misusing the drug Xanax.
Xanax, the brand name for the drug alprazolam, is a benzodiazepine – a controlled medicate used in some parts of the world to treat anxiety. It is not available in the...
