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• Local reaction to Keir Starmer’s resignation

  Dorset politicians have given differing reactions after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced he is stepping down. Bournemouth East MP Tom Hayes praised Mr Starmer’s resignation speech and said the Labour government had made progress on poverty, NHS care and national security. Meanwhile Dorset Council leader Nick Ireland said a change of Prime Minister would not improve the county’s position unless the government changes how funding is shared between areas. He said Dorset faces pressures including adult social care, housing and local services, and called for investment and a Wessex Mayoral Strategic Authority.

• Teen joins Bournemouth Chamber of Commerce

  A 16-year-old has become Bournemouth Chamber’s youngest member in its 110-year history. Syd Scott was welcomed at a June event by Bournemouth Chamber of Trade and Commerce President, Nigel Hedges, along with Bournemouth Mayor, Councillor Roberto Rocca. He introduced his new business, Immaculate Intelligence Agency, sharing its plans and ambitions with chamber directors and patrons including Rejuvenate and Bournemouth One. Syd, who speaks 6 languages, will also join the chamber’s new Digital Growth Specialist Network Group. The chamber said its younger members could increasingly help shape its future.

• Gran Dead filming begins in Bournemouth

  A Bournemouth lecturer will begin filming a horror short in the town this July. Richard Batt, who teaches Performing Arts at Bournemouth and Poole College, wrote Gran Dead nearly twenty years ago and is now bringing it to the screen. The film follows a care-home resident whose dementia appears to improve after experimental treatment, before the situation takes a darker turn. It is being made as a proof of concept for a planned feature film and will involve established performers alongside emerging Dorset cast and crew. Filming starts in Bournemouth in July, with the completed short expected later this year.

• Arrest over changing room reports at H&M

  A Bournemouth man has been arrested after reports of pictures being taken in changing rooms at H and M. Police were called at eight minutes past one on Saturday the thirtieth of May following reports that a man was taking photographs of female customers at the Castlepoint Shopping Centre store. The man was reportedly challenged before leaving the shop, and officers later arrested a forty-seven-year-old Bournemouth man on suspicion of voyeurism. He has been released on police bail while enquiries continue, with officers asking people not to speculate or share images linked to the case online. Anyone with information or relevant footage should contact Dorset Police, quoting occurrence number five five two six zero zero seven nine five zero five.

• Michelin chef Steve Drake joins BP College

  Michelin starred chef Steve Drake will lead culinary arts education at Bournemouth and Poole College from September. He has been appointed Master of Culinary Arts Education, supporting the college’s Specialised Chefs Programme with the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts. Drake has held a Michelin star at three restaurants and will provide academic, professional and strategic leadership for students training for hospitality careers. His arrival comes as new industry standard kitchens are being completed at the Compass Building on the Lansdowne Campus. The programme has supported young chefs for more than thirty five years and combines culinary training with hands on experience.