The Dorset Local Resilience Forum has approved two sites in Dorset as specialist mortality support units for body storage as part of the effort to respond to a possible worst-case scenario during the current Covid-19 emergency.
In response to government calls for businesses to support the production and supply of ventilators, medical provisions and equipment, a family-owned manufacturer and supplier of o-rings and seals has rapidly ramped up production of its essential components in order to join the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19).
Today (16 April 2020) is the day when families in Dorset will find out which school their children will be joining in September.
Dorset residents are being urged to keep any waste to one side that they would usually take to the household recycling centre – and not to fly tip it.
There can’t be a better way to keep youngsters occupied during the lockdown.
Sick crooks are using the coronavirus crisis to target people online, playing on their health fears, a cyber-security company based in Poole has warned.
Popular tourist attraction Monkey World has been forced to lay off 35 staff, but The Watercress Company has announced it is planning to recruit up to 25 of these workers to help during the UK watercress season.
Golfers from Ferndown Golf Club are helping build a defence against the coronavirus by sourcing face masks for NHS workers.
Dorset’s voice of business has called on the Chancellor to ‘turn on the taps’ to pay for furlough leave.
Firefighters from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service are playing a key role in relieving pressure on paramedics during the coronavirus outbreak.
