Day: February 12, 2015

The Environment Agency is about to start work on the final phase of a flood improvement scheme in the village of  Wick near Christchurch that will include some temporary road closures. Contractors have been busy, since December 2014, raising and extending existing flood embankments at Wick Farm. Improvements to earlier defences, built in the 1990s,…

Borough of Poole Cabinet members have agreed to recommend no increase in Council Tax bills for Poole residents in 2015/16. It would mean the annual charge for council services on a Band D property in Poole would remain unchanged at £1,209.60 – the fifth consecutive year that Borough of Poole has not raised Council Tax. The council’s budget for 2015/16, including the…

Foil can now be collected for recycling at the kerbside by Bournemouth Council’s Recycling teams. Residents are being encouraged to put washed foil and foil trays into their Big Bin which will be recycled back into foil packaging or other metal products such as cans Councillor Michael Filer, cabinet member for waste, said: “We’ve been…