Doctors and nurses in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) are at the forefront of a worldwide study that could revolutionise the way unconscious cardiac arrest survivors are cared for within the NHS. The ICU team was one of 36 teams across Europe and Australia who took part in a…
Southbourne on Sea is delighted to be holding its second community Christmas Tree switch on this Saturday, 30 November. There will be carol singers on the green where the lights will be switched on by the Mayor Cllr Rod Cooper at 6pm. Mulled wine is being supplied by The Grove Tavern and The Ludo lounge are…
A cover of the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl’s Christmas classic song Fairytale of New York is being released to raise money for the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation.
Leaders from tourist attractions across Dorset gathered to celebrate 30 years of the Best of Dorset Attractions Group (BOD). Their special lunch, AGM and seminar was held at Athelhampton House, the home of their founding meeting. Among the guest speakers were Dr Bruce Grant-Braham, tourism, leisure and hospitality champion and communications lead at Dorset Local…
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after three separate alleged attacks in Bournemouth and Poole which may be linked. Officers were called to an alleged robbery on a 21-year-old woman on Bengal Road in Bournemouth at around 11.55pm on Wednesday 20 November. The victim was on her driveway when…
The Christmas festive spirit arrives in Ferndown on 30 November The lights switch-on, organised by Ferndown Chamber of Commerce, will take place in Victoria Road with Radio Solent ‘Drive Time’ presenter Steve Harris doing the honours alongside the town mayor or his representative and Dawn Egging from the Jon Egging Trust.* There will be a…
Two men have been sentenced to a combined 22 and a half years in prison after more than £110,000 worth of drugs were found at a property in Bournemouth.27-year-old Kyle Joseph Smith and 29-year-old Stuart McGill, both from Bournemouth, were arrested on Monday 21 May 2012 following a search of their house by police. Officers…
Health professionals are encouraging people across Dorset to get themselves tested for HIV. As part of national HIV Testing Week, which runs from 22 to 29 November, Public Health Dorset is renewing calls for people to take a HIV test. In the UK, there are about 100,000 people living with HIV, with roughly one in…
Two Dorset men who prevented a major fire after an oil tanker crashed into a house have won a National Police Public Bravery Award.
Click to view video Detectives in Poole are appealing for information following a shed burglary – with CCTV of a man police would like to speak with being released. The burglary happened at an address in Kinson Avenue in the Newtown area of the town at around 12.10am on Thursday 7 November 2013. The offender…
