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Communities across Dorset have come together for this year’s Great Dorset Beach Clean, delivering the most successful event to date. A total of 21 beach cleans took place across the county, demonstrating growing public support for protecting Dorset’s coastline.
A bingo evening at Yeovil’s Quicksilver Mail Pub raised £1100 in aid of the residents’ fund for people living at specialist dementia care home, Chestnut Lodge.
The University of Exeter and the Eden Project have extended their long-standing partnership with a new strategic agreement focused on tackling the planetary emergency.
Residents at The Rectory care home in Taunton have been making the most of the spring sunshine, spending time socialising, gardening and relaxing in the home’s outdoor spaces.
Residents are being invited to have their say on whether open fires should be banned on Falmouth’s beaches.
Cornwall has joined the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities with the Centre for Ageing Better to enhance the lives of older residents.
VisitEngland has announced that this year’s VisitEngland Awards for Excellence will be held at Aerospace Bristol, under the wings of Concorde Alpha Foxtrot, the supersonic passenger jet, on 3 June.
Amy Hoskins has joined St Cecilia Care Home in Shepton Mallet as the home’s new deputy manager. Amy (35) has worked in the care sector for 15 years, including a period in a home’s finance office which has given her a sound understanding of the logistics of running a care home.
Developers will now have more control over the financial and strategic consequences of “rights to light” cases, according to national law firm Clarke Willmott.
Dorset History Centre has received initial support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for its ‘Past Lives, Future Proofed’ project.
A new report capturing the ideas and lived experience of local people on how Dorset can prepare for a changing climate has been published.
Registration is now open for St Peter’s Hospice’s annual Rugby March on Saturday 9 May, giving fundraisers the chance to tackle a 5km or 10km walk before taking their seats to watch the Bristol Bears take on Saracens at Ashton Gate stadium.
A Bristol fertility clinic, BCRM, proved a magnet for same-sex couple Emma and Laura Poulliquen, even though their home is in Jersey.
Langstone Vale Crematorium has re-opened its doors as the first funeral SuperVenue in Wales, enabling bereaved families to experience immeasurable personalisation to their loved ones’ services.
From being a presenter on CBBC to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro as an expedition doctor, Dr Daniel Olaiya has had a varied career since graduating in Medicine from the University of Exeter.
Global fertility leaders have launched a new campaign highlighting the need for urgent action to support employees’ fertility well-being and future generations.
