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Prescription locker service plan for Wareham pharmacy

PEOPLE in Wareham could soon be able to collect their prescriptions out of hours – at a special vending…

From left: DCH consultant Dr Kevin Samarasingha, HELP Appeal aviation technical advisor Simon Jones, DCH CFO Chris Hearn, DCH’s clinical design implementation lead Fiona Richey, HELP Appeal chief executive Robert Bertram, HELP Appeal chair Michael Henriques, DCH’s interim chief executive Nick Johnson, DCH matron Clare Turnbull, DCH charity fundraising manager Rachel Cole and DCH programme director Tristan Chapman

£2m donation for new helipad at Dorset County Hospital

A BID to build a new helipad at the refurbished Dorset County Hospital has received a £2 million boost. The…

King Charles III stamps. Photo: Royal Mail

King Charles III stamps revealed: How you can get them

NEW stamps featuring King Charles III have been unveiled by Royal Mail. The first and second-class stamps feature an adapted…

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Police appeal amid probe into Poole college building fire

PEOPLE are being urged to check their doorbell cameras and dashcams in connection with a ‘suspicious’ fire over the…

Chair of the Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, Andy Willis

Dragons’ Den contest for NHS ideas in Dorset

THE public is being asked to help select ideas to improve NHS care. Ideas have been suggested by staff at…

Stargazing survey

Get star counting this month for Dorset-wide survey!

STARGAZERS are being urged to help record how clear the skies of Dorset are. Between February 17 and 24, the…

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Snow Moon – how you can see the full moon and more this week

ANYONE who looked up to the skies on Sunday might have noticed a very bright – and full -…

CLOTHES shop M&Co is closing all of its stores - including in Shaftesbury, Blandford, Christchurch and Warminster. The chain has announced all 170 outlets will shut this spring, with around 2,000 jobs set to go. M&Co went into administration at the end of last year and has been bought by AK Retail Holdings - owner of plus-size firm Yours Clothing - in a deal which didn't include the premises. Posts by various stores on Facebook announced the closures. They said: "Unfortunately we haven't received the news we would have hoped for during our administration period, and would like to share this news with you. "As we haven't received any funded, deliverable offers that would result in the transfer of the company's stores or staff to a potential buyer, this means that all of our stores will close." M&Co was initially called Mackays after being established in Scotland in 1834.

M&Co to close stores – including Shaftesbury and Blandford

CLOTHES shop M&Co is closing all of its stores – including in Shaftesbury, Blandford, Christchurch and Warminster. The chain has…

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999 advice issued as NHS walkouts continue

PEOPLE should only call 999 in ‘life-threatening’ or ‘life-altering’ emergencies during NHS walkouts this week. The South Western Ambulance Service…

Abyss Film

Classic films in all their glory

By Lorraine Gibson. AN eclectic feast of classic films on 35mm film is coming to The Regent in Christchurch as…