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Sharon Cannings, front left, owner of Move On Sales & Lettings with Jannine Loveys, charity manager of The DCCF, front right, and Move On Sales & Lettings staff

Poole property firm backing Dorset cancer charity

A PROPERTY agent in Poole is backing a Dorset cancer charity. Move On is the latest business to become an…

Hazel Hoskin presents a cheque for £15,400 to the Special Care Baby Unit at DCH

Sunflower trail raised more than £15,000 for baby unit at DCH

SUNFLOWERS helped raise more than £15,000 to help Dorset County Hospital’s (DCH) Special Care Baby Unit. Each year, Maiden…

The department stretches across two floors of South Walks House

New £14m NHS outpatient department opens in Dorchester

A NEW £14 million outpatient department has been opened by Dorset County Hospital (DCH). The scheme to refurbish the Outpatient…

King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, Buckingham Palace said

King Charles III diagnosed with cancer: Harry returning to UK

KING Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, Buckingham Palace has…

Stewarts Garden Centres in Dorset will back Lewis-Manning Hospice Care in 2024

Dorset garden centres to support Lewis-Manning Hospice Care in 2024

A DORSET hospice is set to benefit from a year of fundraising at county garden centres. Stewarts Garden Centres, which…

Former DCH consultant Michael Dooley leads the DCH100 team

Dorset County Hospital charity launches walk to boost £2.5m appeal

PEOPLE are being urged to put their best feet forward for a charity walk along the Jurassic Coast -…

Pharmacies can now treat seven common conditions without a GP appointment

Pharmacists can now treat these conditions without a GP appointment

SORE throats, earache, impetigo, shingles and more can now be treated by pharmacists – without the need for a…

Holding the cheque, from left, Bourne View residents Joan Blackshaw, John Broomfield and Irene Whyment. Behind them are, from left, DCCF fundraising manager Jannine Loveys and trustee Di Bird; and Bourne View home manager Gemma Parkin

Care home efforts raise £1,100 for Dorset cancer charity

A QUIZ night, gala lunches and games afternoons were among fundraisers that saw a Poole care home raise more…

A 'collection robot' could soon be handing out prescriptions at a Dorchester pharmacy. Pictures: Black Circle/Dorset Council

Robot could soon hand out prescriptions at Dorchester pharmacy

A ROBOT could soon be dispensing prescriptions in Dorchester. Black Circle has applied for permission to extend the chemist facilities…

Lewis-Manning’s Muddy Dog Dash is set to take place in March

Ready, steady, get muddy for Dorset hospice charity!

DOGS and their owners are being urged to get muddy for a good cause. Registration for the 2024 Muddy Dog…