I hope they call me on a mission (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:20 AM Well this week has been one of a few surprises. I was certain I was staying in Hamble River Ward the rest of my mission, but I was wrong. That's why I'm e-mailing so late. I've been moved. I got an interesting call Tuesday night just after 10:30 from President Shamo calling me to be one of his Zone Leaders. Crazy I know. He also told E. Bynoe that he was being made a senior...
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
It’s not exactly what people think of as a Christmas tree. The town of Poole, Dorset, England has a municipal Christmas tree that falls in line with Britain’s stringent health and safety guidelines, which try to avoid all possible risks, no matter how remote. Thus it has no trunk so it won’t blow over, no branches [...]
The Barrister Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The Telegraph reports that the Dorset town of Poole has spent £14,000 on a health and safety-approved fake Christmas tree because real ones are a danger to the public.
Life must be filled up (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
So I went to the Enid Blyton talk on Tuesday, with a friend. To be honest, I wouldn't have bothered if it hadn't been for Enid Blyton's strong local connections. Viv is a real Blyton enthusiast who's been collecting her books since reading Mr Galliano's Circus as a child. Now, she knows all Blyton's Dorset locations, has opened the Ginger Pop shop in Corfe Castle village and has a new venture, Eileen...
underdogs bite upwards (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Today I'm working as if my income depended on it and as if I could be held accountable if I failed - and since I'm not an NHS manager, it does and I could. So this is a quickie I spotted while taking a break. The residents of Poole, Dorset, are not amused. I am. I laughed like a ticklish little girl in a room full of feathers. This is the logical conclusion of Health and Safety's trembling cowardice...
UK Against Fluoridation (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Shock over condition of children’s teeth 9:30am Thursday 26th November 2009 By Joanna Codd » LEVELS of tooth decay among older children in Bournemouth and Poole are worse than the national average, says a report. Eleven-year-olds in Bournemouth have an average of 0.61 decayed, missing or filled permanent teeth, and Poole an average of 0.53 – both figures higher than the average for...
nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The Dorset town of Poole has spent £14,000 on a health and safety-approved fake Christmas tree because real ones are a danger to the public. The traditional Norway £500 fir tree has been axed this Christmas amid fears it would fall over in high winds. Officials have defied the recession and bought the artificial 33ft tall tree that is shaped like a traffic cone and has no branches or decorations....
The Northern England Art Rock Society (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
THE REASONING have issued the following statement about the band's plans for 2010. Hi folks! Well: it’s news time once again! We write with an update, then, to let you know that The Reasoning are travelling at full tilt towards a bombastically busy 2010…and beyond. We’re incredibly proud of everything we have achieved with both Awakening and Dark Angel. The albums represent wonderful...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The Dorset town of Poole has spent £14,000 on a health and safety-approved fake Christmas tree because real ones are a danger to the public.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
A council has been criticised after erecting a £14,000 fake Christmas tree in Poole, Dorset, due to concerns that a traditional fir tree would be a danger to the public.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Poole goes for £14,000 fake tree to keep its residents out of harm's way Some say it looks like a witch's hat, others compare it to a giant green traffic cone. Not many seem to think that the object, devoid of branches and decorations, in Poole town centre is much like a Christmas tree. But the great advantage of the Dorset resort's artificial tree is that it will not come toppling down on anyone....
Swanage Coastguard (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
So what were the Swanage Coastguard team up to at 1:10am'....well at this time we were all tucked up in our nice warm beds, asleep. Five minutes later and a full team page was instigated; the tasking – the search and rescue of a number of persons believed to have jumped off the ‘Barfleur’ Cross Channel Ferry into the sea. The Poole Coastguard Team, East Dorset Sector Manager, and...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Coastguard called out amid fears more people may be in Poole harbour A search was launched today for people feared to have jumped off a ferry in stormy weather in a bid to enter the UK. The search began after a man went overboard from the Barfleur ferry as it arrived in Poole, Dorset, from the French port of Cherbourg at around midnight. A man was recovered from the water and taken to hospital for...
Cryptozoology Online: Daily News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
RIGHT: The local: a female sand lizard BELOW: The alien: a male wall lizard 8:00am Tuesday 24th November 2009 By Jane Reader ALIEN species of lizard have caused a sharp decline in the number of protected sand lizards on Dorset’s cliffs, research has revealed. Wall lizards and green lizards, native to parts of mainland Europe, are taking over their territory, breeding at four times the rate of...
swanage view (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
"Dorset RNLI crew race to the rescue in Cumbria flood zone By James Morton » LIFEBOAT crew from Dorset have been deployed to Cumbria to help with rescues during the devastating floods. Two volunteer crew members from RNLI headquarters in Poole and two from Swanage lifeboat station arrived in Cockermouth at around 10pm last night (November 19). Floodwaters have risen to more than eight feet...
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