Mayor of Poole, councillor Julie Bagwell HAMWORTHY councillor Julie Bagwell has been made the 772nd mayor of Poole. Cllr Bagwell was elected to the position by the town’s charter trustees at the end of last week, taking over from councillor Marion Le Poidevin. She said she was “honoured” to take up the role and said she would take “every opportunity” to use it to promote the town. The former Poole People member is an independent councillor for the Hamworthy ward. “I am so privileged to be able to represent this wonderful town for the next year,” she said. “My plan is visit as many places and meet as many people as possible.”
A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy from Creekmoor collected 17 bags of rubbish, including 40 face masks, during a 12-hour sponsored litter pick of his local area. Marley Keen walked over 33,000 steps on Saturday April 3 around his hometown and Upton, where he goes to school, collecting rubbish with his mother Sonja. She said: “Marley really enjoyed the litter picking challenge. Luckily, he s young and innocent so doesn t get frustrated like I do sometimes. Some of the rubbish we found in car parks especially had quite obviously been thrown out of a car window on purpose which really upsets me. Especially when there is usually a bin very close by.
Sonja said: “Earlier in the year Marley was elected to be Eco School Counsellor by his class, so he takes this as having a responsibility to look after the local environment. “This is why for his sixth birthday he asked for a little picker as we saw on Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue the damage litter does to the Hedgehogs living environment. “He has always loved wildlife and wants to do as much as he can to help protect it for the future. “We chose Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue as he loves Hedgehogs and Dorset Wildlife Trust have started a beaver project in Dorset last month and he really wants to join Beavers after lockdown, so this is what got him interested in this.”