Travel just 5 miles urges council boss

Lack of PPE could keep dentist shut

LACK of PPE means many dentists will remain shut as surgeries begin to open next Monday, leaders warn.

Measures to protect staff and patients for the reopening on June 8 were outlined in guidance published by the Faculty of General Dental Practice.

But Phil Taylor, incoming dental chief at the Royal College of Surgeons, said practitioners needed assurance that PPE will be available by that date.

He added: “If this isn’t forthcoming, they must state this is the case and clarify that many dental practices will not be able to reopen on this date.”

British Dental Association chief Mick Armstrong said last week’s announcement that dentists could open was “a bolt from the blue”, with no time to prepare.

SALES of the Shot In The Dark quiz game rose by 1,000% during lockdown, earning its creators Grant and Jordanna Sanderson of Leeds, West Yorks, almost £150,000.

A COUNCIL leader has called for stricter travel rules following chaotic beach scenes in Dorset at the weekend when three cliff-jumpers were injured.

Councillor Vikki Slade, leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council, wrote to local MPs and Dorset Police with concerns about the reckless “tombstoning” as well as illegal parking, lack of social distancing, barbecues and council staff being abused.

She wants travel limited to five miles, as it has been in Wales and Scotland.

A paddleboarder who saved one of the people who jumped off Durdle Door into the sea said he thought he might lose his own life.

Mike Wiley, 31, from Southampton, said: “I didn’t think I’d make it to the surface myself.” TUESDAY 02.06.2020