By Letters to the Editor
Mast concerns IT CAME as a big surprise to learn from my local residents’ association that a re-application has been received by our BCP planning department to install a 20m (65ft) high 5G monopole tower with six antennas, two transmission dishes atop plus four ground level equipment cabinets in a residential area on a small recreational parcel of public land next to Talbot roundabout. One of the declared commercial beneficiaries of this installation is Huawei. Further investigation revealed that the applicant is only legally obliged to put up small discreet laminated posters near the installation site for them to be able to cite that they have fully engaged with the local neighbourhood and community.
By Jason Lewis
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- Neighbourhood inspectors from across BCP, Superintendent Heather Dixey, force COVID-19 silver commander and BCP Council leader Drew Mellor will be speaking directly to residents on Facebook live.
- The event is being broadcast live across Bournemouth Police, Poole Poole and Christchurch Police Facebooks as well as the Dorset Police website.
- Residents have been invited to send in questions or ask them during the event.
AGENCIES tasked with stopping the spread of coronavirus in Dorset have come together to urge the public to keep following restrictions. Local authorities, NHS services, police, fire, utilities and voluntary and community sector organisations, under the banner of the Local Resilience Forum (LRF), have encouraged people to “keep up the good work”. Dorset Police chief constable James Vaughan said: “I am writing as chair of the Local Resilience Forum Strategic Coordinating Group to personally thank you, on behalf of all partners, for your unwavering support as we continue to tackle the challenges of dealing with this worldwide pandemic. “Since March last year agencies from across Dorset have come together and are currently meeting three times a week to ensure we provide a multi-agency approach to this emergency and to support our local communities during these very challenging times.