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Saturday, May 18, 2024
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...
Weymouth Town Council is helping to light up the town centre over the festive period!  As well as supplying and installing the tree and lights for the recent Christmas lights switch on, Weymouth Town Council has put up low energy festive LED lighting throughout the town.  The low watt LED lamps...
To support the full reopening of schools, and with spring well on its way, BCP Council is stepping up its campaign to get more parents, carers and young people to walk, cycle or scoot to the school gates. Last year and focusing on the concept of the new you after lockdown, the...
In light of the shocking outcome of the Commons vote regarding free school meals... some wonderful Dorset restaurants and cafes are offering free packed lunches or meals to children that need them over half term. To order your children’s meal please contact the business directly Swanage Bakery, Swanage 01929422594 The...
Weymouth Town Council welcomes the request from Dorset Council and adds its voice to the plea that the Government require people to stay local to protect Dorset, help prevent a second wave and help protect resources which are struggling to cope at this time. Not all attractions or facilities are...

Undercover agents wanted

Volunteers are needed to help Dorset County Council’s trading standards run test purchasing exercises. Some products are age restricted to buy, such as cigarettes and alcohol. Trading standards are responsible for making sure retailers know all about these laws and do not sell these products to people under the legal age. One...
We are having 2 Young People's Assemblies next week, exclusively for people aged 16-25 years. We will focus discussions on the future and what can must / can change to make it better. join the Zoom meeting via this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85399694343 Dorset Peoples Assemblies on Climate Emergency Dorset Council declared a climate...
Children and young people are being sent hundreds of miles away from home for mental health treatment - with sometimes deadly consequences - despite a government pledge to end these placements by the end of last year. Two months ago, 20-year-old Lauren Bridges took her own life. She was alone...
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...
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...