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Everyone squabbling over graphs that just don't make sense. If we're talking Poole Town, Labour were 4th, but national parties did not win. Nor in Oakdale, Parkstone or Hamworthy. Local elections shouldn't be fought as a mini-General Election.

Great evening, attending the blessing of the new Gig for poolegigrowingclub.co.uk. Beautiful new wooden boat, named for the new stars of Poole Harbour BBC Springwatch. Managed to get the Mayor along, who went for a spin, swapping his chains for a lifejacket, and a piggyback

Atlantic sea temperature this year compared to the last 30. Seems we are beyond avoiding global temperature rise, expect much more extreme weather, we will have to find ways to deal with the results of 30 years inaction.

Really depressing read, inadequate human action to limit our excesses in trashing the planet

Very annoyed, having spent ages wading through the Dept for Transport and Highways England consultation on RIS3, got up early to make my response, and missed the deadline by hours gov.uk/government/con…

Local lottery for good causes. Some are in need of a first donor, 50% of ticket goes directly to support your choice. bhcoastallottery.co.uk/support/find-a…

Good visit to the Beryl factory in Poole, where they assemble and test bikes for their expanding UK sites - 13 schemes now, BCP Council was their first one.

Good to join Andrew Wickham and the morebus team celebrating their new fleet of buses on the M1/M2 corridor at Bournemouth Square this morning. Part of the Enhanced Bus Quality Partnership.

Working on the Cordite Way path at Holton Heath again. We were featured on Politics South, and BBC online this week bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… Still rather boggy, but we're clearing the drain, definately improving.

Oops, Groyne replacement on Bournemouth Beach. Digger in the sea. Driver is OK, and he isolated the bio-degradable fuel supply. Beware the soft sand. Digger to be recovered at low tide tonight.

Good to see the pedestrian crossings on Furnell Road being used, and nearly completed. The problems of crossing here were raised with us in 2019 by Mike Randall, I had to push to ensure the residents of Baiter got 2 crossings.

Speed is single biggest cause of road deaths, DfT casualty data shows transportxtra.com/publications/l…

A bit of clarity this week from Perenco on the leak at Wytch Farm, and their work to prevent recurrence. poolepeople.org.uk/perenco-oil-sp… in a liaison meeting for local Councillors

Good interactive mapping from Wessex Water on monitoring storm overflows across the region. Half of their catchment area feeds to the two harbours in BCP Council area and out onto our coastline wessexwater.co.uk/coast-and-rive…

Great to see two eCargo bikes for deliveries along the BCP Council seafront. Much narrower than Diesel vans, but also Zedify say"Cargo bikes save an average of 95% and 82% more carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per kilometre than diesel vans and electric vans respectively"

Interesting yesterday, meeting Miss Dibbens great niece, looking to get her shop & yard back into use - itching to run a flower shop, cheesemonger, delicatessen or similar ? To Poole Bus Station, totems now installed to brighten the space & improve security. Andrew Wickham

Great to be at #DorsetCOP2024 today, opened by Jessica Toale MP and Prof Alison Honour Bournemouth Uni Shared the inequity across Dorset on car ownership, not every household has access to vehicles, espsecially in urban centres (Weymouth in picture). Need travel choices for all.

Great to meet Laura Shoaf and Robin Gisby at the Bournemouth Traincare Depot today, Chair and Chief Exec of the DFT Operator for GBrail. Laura said she intents to strongly represent the passenger perspective, which has been sadly lacking in privatised operator period Department for Transport

"it’s the number of cars on the road that causes congestion, not the speed they travel at" Absolutely, and in a busy urban space, pedestrians need priority.

Street Cleansing team out early in Bournemouth Town Centre this morning as every day, clearing away the waste left by visitors yesterday. Sad that so many think its OK to drop litter as they go BCP Council