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A SENIOR Dorset councillor has left his position as lead councillor for Education – just weeks after being appointed.

A SENIOR Dorset councillor has left his position as lead councillor for Education – just weeks after being appointed.

Headteachers of Dorset schools have praised a project to close roads outside schools during pupil commute times.

Hundreds of vulnerable youngsters and children of key workers are self-isolating due to cases of coronavirus in schools in this part of Dorset, as well as the Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole council area. Despite schools being closed to most pupils due to the lockdown, they must remain open for pupils in both categories. The Dorset Echo is providing a list of those who have pupils and/or staff affected by coronavirus in January and February. The list gives the name of the school and the date that pupils went into the 14-day self-isolation period. Schools affected are listed, followed...

A DEFIBRILLATOR which was installed outside of a Poole school following a car accident over two years ago has already been used to help save a life. The defibrillator was installed on the gates of Upton Junior School during October half term 2020 following an appeal from Upton resident Jamie Dunn. Following the accident in December 2018 which saw pupil Reggie Hughes involved in a collision with a black Volkswagen Golf, Jamie, a former governor of the school, was concerned about the distance of the nearest defibrillator. He said: "Luckily a defibrillator wasn’t needed for this accide...