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A CAMPAIGN has been launched urging shops to ban sales of disposable barbecues in Dorset in a bid to reduce the risks of devastating wildfires. Litter Free Dorset has launched its campaign - #ChooseToRemoveDisposableBBQs – to support Dorset Council’s efforts to reduce fire risks as the county prepares for its busiest summer ever, as thousands of visitors flock to the coast amid the easing of Covid restrictions. Measures are being put in place as figures showed there are an average of 400 fires on heathlands and in forests every year in Dorset. Litter Free Dorset said more than 1 m...

A CAMPAIGN has been launched urging shops to ban sales of disposable barbecues in Dorset in a bid to reduce the risks of devastating wildfires. Litter Free Dorset has launched its campaign - #ChooseToRemoveDisposableBBQs – to support Dorset Council’s efforts to reduce fire risks as the county prepares for its busiest summer ever, as thousands of visitors flock to the coast amid the easing of Covid restrictions. Measures are being put in place as figures showed there are an average of 400 fires on heathlands and in forests every year in Dorset. Litter Free Dorset said more than 1 m...

PURBECK police will be stepping-up patrols at Lytchett Bay nature reserve, after receiving reports of camping and a camp fire.

A NUMBER of wildlife charities have expressed concerns about the decision to replant pine trees in Wareham Forest following the devastating wildfire last year. The RSPB, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT), Butterfly Conservation, and the Amphibian & Reptile Conservation charities have jointly called for a "new vision" for the forest, one which focuses on the restoration of large scale heathland. They wanted Forestry England, which manages Wareham Forest, to hold off automatically replanting the area destroyed by the fire, which raged through the area for almost two weeks in May and took the ef...