Bin Your Butt campaign launched this month
Wimborne War on Waste has collaborated with Litter Free Dorset and Litter Free Purbeck to launch the ‘Bin Your Butt’ campaign this October.
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Mammoth Jurassic Coast swim raises awareness of the plastic beast
A local swimmer who wanted to raise awareness of the problems of plastic waste and the effect it has on the environment has smashed a Jurassic Coast swimming challenge in just over a week.
Swim Jurassic sets out to sea to raise hope for the future
Oly has chosen to swim along the length of coastline that he regularly cleans in his spare time. He remains vigilant as a beach cleaner throughout the year and says his favourite spot is Chapman’s Pool in Worth Matravers. This remote coastal area could easily be ruined by plastic if it wasn’t for volunteers like Oly who spend hours collecting and removing it, along with other litter, from the shore.
Poole stroke victim foxes experts with Purbeck charity yomp
A Poole man, who following a major stroke was told that he would never walk again, has proved the experts wrong by taking part in a charity challenge.
From next week car parks at Lulworth must be pre-booked
New measures to manage visitor numbers to Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door have been agreed by representatives from Dorset Council, Dorset Police, Lulworth Estate and South West Ambulance Trust today (5 June 2020). They include a new pre-booking system for Lulworth Estate car parks, due to go live next week.
Durlston Country Park’s Easter Chase Fun Run
Dorset Council’s Durlston Country Park will be receiving a visit from the Easter Bunny for their “Easter Chase” running event.
Famous ‘Flying Scotsman’ reunited with Devon Belle Pullman
Record-breaking ‘Flying Scotsman’ has arrived at Swanage Railway to be reunited with rare Devon Belle Pullman observation carriage for the first time in almost 50 years.
Man jailed for manslaughter of Louella Fletcher-Michie at Bestival
A man has been jailed for eight and a half years for the manslaughter of Louella Fletcher-Michie for failing to get her the vital medical help she needed.
Flying Scotsman to be waved off by daughter of man who saved the iconic locomotive from scrapyard
The daughter of the man who saved ‘Flying Scotsman’ from the scrapyard is to wave off the world’s most famous locomotive at the start of its visit to the Isle of Purbeck.
Flying Scotsman steaming into Swanage
World Famous ‘Flying Scotsman’ – to be reunited with a rare Devon Belle Pullman observation carriage for the first time in almost 50 years in Swanage Railway