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A meeting of Dorset Council’s Audit and Governance Hearing sub-committee found Cllrs Tippins and Yeo to have behaved disrespectfully.

In March 2020 there were 370 rough sleepers in the area, but that has now decreased to 13, the lowest for 10 years.

Poole residents face higher council tax rises this year to bring them in line with people living in Bournemouth and Christchurch.

The census is held every 10 years, and in 2021 the emphasis is on completing the survey online, with help being available.

Instead of receiving his mayoral allowance, Tony Ring has donated it to the community organisations in the town.

The deadline for comments is Monday 15 March and villagers say the only option they favour is no added development.

Residents in Corfe Mullen are urgently calling for the Dorset Council Local Plan consultation period to be extended and the plan delayed.

From April this year, houses in Dorset that have been empty for 10 years or more will be charged 400% or quadruple council tax.

The number of people in Dorset claiming Universal Credit has risen by 97 per cent since March 2020, and a cut would be ‘devastating’.

Dorset Campaign to Protect Rural England fears excessive housing will damage the local environment and its communities.