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Dorchester woman missing for a month

Officers are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a missing Dorchester woman and are appealing for the public’s help to find her. Anna Szewczyk, 40 and originally from Poland, was last seen on Tuesday 20 October 2015 by neighbours in Meadow View, in the Charminster area of Dorchester. She is described as white, five…

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Mobile dentist for homeless people

Health and social care consumer champions, Healthwatch Dorset, along with Routes to Roots, recently held an event which gave homeless people in Poole the opportunity to see a dentist for a check-up and receive some useful advice and information. Routes to Roots, a homeless support group in Poole, spoke to Healthwatch Dorset several months ago…

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Youth conference tackles issues head on

Child sexual exploitation, drugs & alcohol, youth empowerment and knife crime were explored as part of the Dorset Police and Crime Commissioners youth conference. The event attracted over 140 secondary school students, teachers and youth groups from across the county. The annual event which this year took place at Kingston Maurward College in Dorchester was…

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Twynham students taught cookery for life

A group of eight Year 10 students from Twynham School in Christchurch are being taught new skills thanks to a course organised by Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust and funded by Dorset Community Foundation. The students are participating in a ‘Cookery for Life Skills’ course taking place over seven weeks with a series of two-hour…

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Young sisters help women celebrate life

Megan and Leah Hastings were special guest speakers at Lewis-Manning Hospice’s third annual Celebrating Women Lunch which raised nearly £5,000 during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The sisters, aged 9 and 10 respectively, gave a short talk before the lunch about their Mum, Nikki, who died from cancer last year aged 40. Nikki was a patient…

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Help improve access in the New Forest

A new member is being sought for the New Forest Access Forum, which gives advice on improving access for walking, horse riding, cycling and other outside recreation in and around the New Forest. The Access Forum is an independent advisory body made up of volunteers with experience of issues affecting public access to the countryside…

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