A NEW role has been created to “take forward accountability” for all education services across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. BCP Council has created the role, called director of education, which will require someone to deliver on its priority of giving high quality education in the area. Elaine Redding, interim director of children’s services, said: “As we all know, the pandemic has meant wholesale disruption to children and young people’s learning over the past 12 months. “Successive lockdowns have resulted in a widening of the attainment gap and compounded other issues. As we move into a period of recovery, it’s vital we give these issues our full focus and attention.
Dorset Police Chief Constable James Vaughan has urged people to stay local during the Covid lockdown THE majority of fines for breaches of Covid regulations in Dorset during the national lockdowns have been issued to people who live outside the country. Dorset Police said 76.3 per cent of the fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued during the three periods of strict restrictions went to non-Dorset residents. Between March 27, 2020 and January 17, 2021, the force has issued 1,083 FPNs, with almost 200 of these coming since the start of the current national lockdown restrictions on January 6. In the 12 days from January 6 to January 17, 40 per cent of the fines handed out went to people who lived outside Dorset.