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Fly Tipping
The history society is
t h i n k i n g a b o u t Enforcement Officers from the Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP) recently worked
resurrecting these old with Dorset Council’s Legal Services and the police to bring a fly-tipper to justice.
pubs for a day to Without going into all the details, the defendant’s vehicle was seized, and he has
possibly to organize, a been referred to Probation for Pre-sentence reports and bailed to reappear at
Pop up pub crawl, by Weymouth Magistrates on Monday 12 August for sentencing. Jeremy Gallagher,
recreating the old Enforcement Officer at the Dorset Waste Partnership, said: - “This case is a great
pubs by having stalls example of partnership working and shows that DWP Enforcement Officers will
displays and signs on pursue criminals involved in this kind of crime.
or near to these To find out more about the DWP’s fight against fly-tipping and how you can help,
indentified sites. Signs
please visit www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/tip-off
could be created and erected
on or near the buildings with Building Better Lives
potted histories of the buildings
and the people who lived in Dorset Council along with NHS partners, co-hosted a stakeholder event in
them. There is a great deal of Wareham in July to show options for new health, care and housing facilities on
knowledge about the two the Wareham middle school site. This initiative is part of Dorset Council’s Building
pubs we have, such as the Better Lives scheme, which aims to use council-owned land to develop much-
murder of the policeman at needed new housing and services for local communities. Dorset Council has
the Drax Arms and the worked in partnership with Wareham Town Council, Dorset HealthCare and
contributions of two residents Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group to develop this project. The member lead is
of the Royal Oak in the 1st our own Laura Miller
World War.
The proposed scheme in Wareham will include new health and GP services,
There are many buildings of extra care housing, supported living (offering care for people with disabilities and
the village which also have history and plaques could be put up on houses on the long-term health conditions), recreational areas, and a range of affordable
route to show other events or places where people of interest lived. If anyone has housing available to rent and buy through the open market. The scheme also
any knowledge documents or has done any research into their house the history offers potential solutions to some of the local traffic issues around the school. The
society would like to hear from you. If you are interested in joining research teams new health and care hub will host all the services currently available at
or would like to research any aspect of the buildings (particularly the old pub Wareham Hospital, plus the opportunity to develop additional clinics and
sites) please let me know. Susan Stone 97 North Street 01929 472083 or email on services. It will also integrate with the town’s GP practice – creating a more
susan.stone97@gmail.com. seamless, ‘one-stop shop’ for local residents.

We could also investigate the role brewing and beer in the village and have a High-quality, temporary housing units will be installed on the old middle school
good time as well. site for the first stage of the scheme. This will be available to local people with
learning disabilities who are currently living in accommodation which doesn’t suit
If there is enthusiasm for this project the research results could be put into a book their needs, while more permanent properties are being built on site.
or incorporated in talks and we might be able to raise some money for future
projects (such as the new village hall) Please let me know if you are interested Cllr Laura Miller, Dorset Council’s Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care and
and would like to help or have any other ideas as t how this might work. Health, said: “Rather than simply selling off council owned land to big property
developers, we are focussing on providing much-needed housing and health
and care services for local residents in Wareham. I’d like to thank Wareham Town
Council and colleagues from the NHS for working with us in partnership to
develop these proposals, and we look forward to continuing work on this exciting
scheme.”

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