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Bournemouth Echo •

'It is no longer consistent with my views' - Councillor resigns from Tory party

Cllr Karen Rampton, who represents the Talbot and Branksome Woods ward said: “After much deliberation I have made a decision to leave the Conservative group on BCP Council, and to resign my party membership, and I will now serve as an Independent and unaligned Councillor.

“I’ve not taken this decision lightly, but sadly I no longer consider that the Conservative party is consistent with my views.

“I would like to thank those who have sent messages of support, and to reassure all resident...
Bournemouth Echo •

Bournemouth MP ‘delighted’ by extra GP hirings in new government figures

Tom Hayes MP for Bournemouth East said: “Local people have struggled for years to get a GP appointment. By cutting red tape and recruiting more GPs, we're delivering more appointments.

“The best is still to come, but I’m delighted local people will see their GP faster and the NHS is getting back on its feet.”

Tom Hayes MP (Image: Submitted) The scheme has seen an increase in the number of GPs in practices across Bournemouth in the past six months, According to the Department of Health an...
Bournemouth Echo •

“People are concerned that broken roads are risking lives"

Of the £10m, £1.2m will be allocated to preventing potholes across key routes as well an additional multi-million-pound pot set aside for road resurfacing.

Bournemouth East MP Tom Hayes welcomed the funding.

He said: “Our broken roads come up constantly in my mailbag and constantly on people’s doorsteps.

“People are concerned that broken roads are risking lives but are also costing them and businesses hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds in avoidable vehicle repairs.

“It really...
Medium •

Eagles shatter Chiefs threepeat hopes with dominant victory

The game was all but over by halftime but an uneasy feeling fell over the stadium. On the other sideline were the vaunted Kansas City Chiefs, led by the greatest quarterback of his generation, Patrick Mahomes. If anyone could manufacture the largest comeback win in Super Bowl history then surely he would be the one to do it. This team was looking to its third consecutive Super Bowl, a feat never previously accomplished.All it took was one play for the Philadelphia Eagles to strike a dagger in th...
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Our son died when his non-alcoholic drink was spiked

Our son was killed by drink spiking and it is time for those in power to finally modernise old-fashioned laws.

His parents, Colin and Mandy Mackie, who launched the charity Spike Aware UK, after their son’s death, said: “There was no one there for us to turn to or talk to. There was nothing, we were just left with it.”

Greg was in his first year of a film and television production course at Edinburgh College when he was spiked in his student accommodation. His flatmates put him to bed assuming
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