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Poole makes space for new cemetery
Poole Council has plans underway for a new cemetery within in a year, which will be an addition to the existing four cemeteries in Poole.
Exclusive: Sheltered housing for Poole’s homeless
Poole councillor reveals plans for a 25-person homeless shelter exclusively to The Breaker
Poole council backs the apprentice schemes
Poole council is considering expanding the number of its apprentice schemes.
High-tech car to enforce parking restrictions in Poole
A special car fitted with a mobile CCTV camera and Automatic Number Plate Recognition will be used to catch drivers that cause congestion in Poole’s busy shopping areas.
Editors blog – 06/02/12
Welcome to todays edition of The Breaker!
We are leading with the potential merger of the Poole Hospital foundation trust and the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals foundation trusts. If this goes ahead, it could lead to better patient care and decreased waiting times. And councillor Rev Charles Meachin is hoping that he'll be able to get his knee operation completed sooner!
Serious assault in Upton
Police are urging a dog walker to come forward after a female was seriously assaulted in Upton on Friday February 3rd 2012.
The incident happened in Upton, near Poole on a footpath leading off Sandy Lane at 16.45.
Police appeal for burglary witnesses
Police in Poole are appealing for witnesses to come forward after jewellery was stolen from a house in Rossmore on Thursday 2 February.
The incident took place between 6.40am and 1.45pm on Thursday 2 February 2012 on Rossmore Road, near the Worbarrow Garden junction.
‘Poole Trail’ phone service launched
A new mobile phone service has been launched to help people explore Poole and find out about its history.
The Poole Trail scheme is an online service that provides people with historical information depending on their current location in the town.
The scheme uses a system of electronic signposts to locate the person, before giving them text, pictures, video and audio content on the history of their surroundings.
Tourist season starts early
Over a thousand tourists will be checking in to a Poole holiday park for the school’s February half term.
Parkdean’s Sandford Holiday Park, is in Holton Heath which is six miles outside of Poole, it is the only caravan park in Poole that welcomes tourists at this time of year.