BCP commercial waste facilities have re-opened
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council’s Household Recycling Centres re-opened on Monday 10 August for trade customers.
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Fifty Dorset roads to be resurfaced at accost of £2m
Resurfacing work has started on 50 roads in Ashley Heath, Colehill, Ferndown, Upton, Verwood, West Moors, West Parley, Beaminster, Charminster and Child Okeford – identified as Dorset Council’s most damaged residential streets.
Local people support Poole Hospital’s ‘Heroes Fund’
Grants and donations totalling £170,000 have been received by The Poole Hospital Heroes Fund, which was set up to respond to the health and well-being needs of staff and patients during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Day of action highlights marine community issues
Did you know it is an offence to remove parts of a dead marine animal from the beach, such as its teeth?
Dorset Council advises people to plan this weekend with care
It’s going to be hot, hot, hot this weekend, and inevitably people will be planning to visit Dorset’s coastal towns and beaches.
New seafront toilets and beach control office open in Weymouth
If you’re planning to go to Weymouth this weekend, you will be pleased to hear that 23 new seafront lavatories are now open as well as a beach control office.
Wimborne in Bloom annual duck race cancelled
For the past 20 years, Wimborne in Bloom has held a duck race on the August Bank Holiday Saturday, but sadly this year’s event scheduled for 29 August has had to be cancelled.
Dorset Council reveals colossal £980,000 cost for its most expensive redundancy
The accounts for Dorset Council in its first year of operation reveal that its most expensive redundancy cost the authority £980,000.
Dorset shops urged to promote responsible BBQ use
With the expected heatwave at the weekend, Litter Free Dorset has been asking shops, supermarkets and petrol stations across Dorset to support the ‘BBQs Burn More Than Bangers’ campaign.
Team of amputee veterans takes on 1,000-mile cycle ride to support comrade with MND
A total of 10 amputee military veterans will join firefighters to ride from John O’Groats to Lands’ End in support of a comrade with Motor Neurone Disease (MND).