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Amy Smith and Carly Gribben from the Dorset HealthCare School Nursing Team

Parents: Health help just a text message away…

PARENTS and carers in need of health support and advice can now get it by text. Parentline, a confidential texting…

Raynaud’s attacks occur when the blood temporarily stops flowing to parts of the body, most commonly the hands and feet

Painful condition can be worsened by cold weather

Individuals are being urged to be aware of a little-known condition brought on by the cold, with more freezing…

Fiona Chapman’s tea includes dandelion root, which is excellent for dredging the liver of toxins and helps keeps the bowels moving PHOTO: Silvia/Pixabay

Detox this January with herbal tea

January is the detox season, much to my poor husband’s dread and horror! I do understand because it is such…

New Car Sales Graphic

Vehicle sales on the up but pandemic is drag on market

THE UK new car market recorded its fifth consecutive month of growth in December, with an 18.3 per cent…

Southern Television’s weather forecaster, Trevor Baker, shows Swanage beating its rival Shanklin to top place in the Southern Summer Sunshine League for May-September 1968

Swanage book reveals famous and Royal visitors to our town

By Sara Niven. In the third and final part of our look at a new book on the history of…

Vikki Slade

So, does it matter if I vote?

OVER the last few years, I must have knocked on at least 50,000 doors and my heart sinks when…

Chris Bradey

Workers striking to save the NHS

At the end of my dad’s long life, when – like so many others – he was lost in…

Michael Tomlinson

Day in the life of HM Solicitor General

I WAS appointed Her Majesty’s Solicitor General shortly before the Queen died, and then re-appointed by the current Prime…

The campaign ran throughout December

More than 100 drivers stopped in December Drink Drive campaign

MORE than 100 drivers suspected of drink or drug driving were stopped by police in Dorset last month. Officers from…

Teenagers may indulge in risky behaviours such as smoking cannabis (above) and cigarettes, and Young Minds can offer advice

Help for young people having issues with drugs or alcohol

By Lorraine Gibson. It’s a hard truth to face, but according to Young Minds, a charity that helps support young…