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MORE than 20 per cent of women in Dorset do not attend their cervical screening appointments, figures have revealed - as it emerged screenings are now at a 20-year low nationally. Access to face-to-face appointments being slashed due to Covid and reluctance to attend medical appointments amid the pandemic are being blamed for the drop. The latest figures show that 78 per cent of women in Dorset attend their cervical screening. The number of women attending their cervical cancer test in the UK is at a 20-year-low, at an average of 72.2 per cent, according to the latest government statistics. Women aged 25 to 64 should be invited by letter to have cervical screenings, and last year more than 4 million were invited for theirs.
British stage schools have produced stars like Kate Winslet. So why are so many closing their doors?
The pandemic has exacerbated financial challenges, and the value of drama is being steadily eroded. Is school out forever?
21 April 2021 • 5:00am
Training is vital for the stars of tomorrow, but our leading vocational stage schools are under threat
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A 12-year-old girl sporting a leotard, tights and bow-tie prances about a rehearsal studio, twirling a cane and belting out Putting on the Ritz in a squawky put-on American accent. “I want to do it all,” she later says, “singing, dancing and acting.”