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• Cardboard Campout to Aid Disabled Homeless

  Diverse Abilities is holding a Cardboard Campout in Christchurch to raise awareness and funds for disabled people affected by homelessness. The event asks participants to sleep overnight in a cardboard shelter, highlighting the challenges faced by those without a safe home. Money raised will support the charity’s Advice Team, which helps disabled people access housing and support. The event aims to make a real difference in the local community.

• New to You’ reuse shop to move to Wallisdown

  Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council’s ‘New to You’ reuse shop will move from Poole to Wallisdown. The relocation aims to make the shop more accessible for residents and is part of a plan to create a community hub at Wallisdown Heights. The council will sell the current site, with some proceeds supporting water improvements in the area. The bowls club nearby could also see investment as part of the changes.

• Officers investigate concern for welfare report

  Police are searching for a man in his fifties who went missing after entering the sea at Durley Chine beach in Bournemouth. The man, described as white with tanned skin and dark brown hair, left his belongings with members of the public before swimming and did not return. Dorset Police, HM Coastguard, and the RNLI are conducting searches, and officers are appealing for anyone with information or who recognises the belongings to come forward. The main concern is to ensure the swimmer’s safety and wellbeing.

• SEND sixth form places double in Poole

  Specialist sixth form places in Poole will double from September for young people with SEND. Linwood School’s Skills Centre in Parkstone will increase from thirty to sixty places, creating thirty additional opportunities for sixteen to nineteen-year-olds with Education, Health and Care Plans. The expansion will use existing accommodation and give more students access to specialist teaching, practical learning and support focused on independence, communication, employability and preparation for adulthood. BCP Council says the change will help more young people study closer to home, while reducing the need for placements outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. The new places form part of wider plans to expand local specialist education provision across the area.

• More film and TV productions choose BCP

  More major film and television productions have been using locations across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Filming has recently taken place at Lake Pier in Hamworthy, Southbourne and Highcliffe Castle, bringing cast and crews to several distinctive coastal and historic settings. The activity is estimated to have contributed more than two hundred and twenty five thousand pounds to the local economy through accommodation, catering, transport and other services. BCP Council says three large productions have chosen the area during the past three months, while the Film Office continues helping projects with locations, permits and practical support. Councillors hope further productions will bring more visitors and place additional local landmarks on television and cinema screens.