Environment

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A range of species rely on trees. Picture: Trees for Wimborne

Trees for Wimborne: ‘Adapting to the new normal’

AUTUMN is a time of the year when the bounty of hedgerows and trees is particularly noticeable. Acorns adorn the…

Three awards for Dacombes of Wimborne as green initiatives praised

HOME electronic store, Dacombes of Wimborne, has been awarded for its efforts to reduce its environmental footprint. The independent home…

How Wimborne businesses are reducing their carbon footprint

BECOMING plastic free champions and using solar power are just some of the ways business in Wimborne are doing…

Treecycling with Diverse Abilities

Book your Christmas tree collection – and boost Dorset disability charity

A CHRISTMAS tree collection service that raises money for a Dorset disability charity is returning for a 10th year. Diverse…

First Wessex has announced changes to the timetable in Dorset for the winter

Winter bus timetable changes in Dorset revealed

NEW winter timetables for buses in Dorset have been revealed – including a boost for students. Bus company First Wessex…

‘Nature Buddies’ to help people engage with nature across Dorset

NEW ‘Nature Buddies’ will help break down barriers hindering people from engaging with nature. The network of specially trained volunteers…

Firefighters battled the blaze at a recycling centre through the night. Pictures: Poole Fire Station

Fire crews battle through the night to control landfill blaze near Verwood

FIREFIGHTERS battled through the night to bring a blaze at a landfill site under control – which may have…

Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms could batter Somerset this week. Pictures: Pixabay/Met Office

Weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy rainfall in Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset

DORSET is being warned to prepare for thunderstorms after a weather warning was issued for the south west -…

Campaigners dressed as oil slicks posed outside Windsor Castle Picture: Wimborne XR

Wimborne XR members take to Windsor Castle to call for action on climate crisis

CLIMATE activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) held a three-day series of protests near Windsor Castle last weekend. Among the protestors…

Poole fisherman fined £2,300 after catching undersized clams and not filing paperwork

A MAN from Poole has been ordered to pay more than £9,000 after admitting catching and retaining under-sized clams…