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Saturday, May 18, 2024
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...
In October last year we launched the Dorset Education Advice Line – an advice line for parents and carers who are worried their child might not be making the progress they should be, or who may believe their child might have emerging special educational needs. To date, we’ve spoken with approximately 60...
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...
A crackdown on under-age sales of e-cigarettes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, has revealed that more than half of the shops visited by trading standards are illegally selling vaping products to children. Two 14-year-old volunteers were sold a disposable vape in three out of five premises across BCP without being...
If she had studied society from an early age she would not be uttering this absolute shite. She would be using her time more wisely and helping to share the solutions to the planet's problems. As it is she has been denied the intellectual experience by a government who is...
Children joined Weymouth Town Council and the RSPB at the newly planted Children’s Community Woodland in Links Road to help improve it for wildlife last week.  The area was planted last winter with 510 native trees, as part of a nationwide campaign to plant a tree for every child that...

Don’t get spiked

There’s been a shocking increase of drinks being spiked in pubs & nightclubs recently, leaving some people hospitalised with serious side effects and others in other dangerous situations. It’s important to share to spot the signs that your drink may have been spiked. Other advice being given from police forces &...
Dating as a single parent can be hard but, the UK’s first dating app aimed solely at single parents, is aiming to make this as easy as possible.  One way that they are doing this is by creating a top 10 list of the best locations in the UK...
£3.45 million funding boost for Carers Trust to support UK’s most vulnerable unpaid carersCarers Trust leads new programme to support over 13,500 carers worst affected by pandemic Carers Trust is pleased to announce it is working with 25 programme partners to use £3.45 million of funding to boost support for over...
A play about young carers in Salford that “knocked MPs sideways” is about to embark on a national tour.The show, Who Cares, was written by Matt Woodhead and co-produced by The Lowry and LUNG. It was made in partnership with Greater Manchester charity, Gaddum and its Salford Carers Service...