Help is available for local residents aged over 65 who are struggling to pay their fuel bills this winter. A variety of cold weather related support and services are being funded as a result of the Dorset Community Foundation’s – Surviving Winter Appeal. The Bournemouth based charity has been at the forefront nationally and locally…
The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) has won an important marine industry award commending the sports venue’s continued commitment to environmentally aware practices. Presented at the BB/Marine Trades Association Dinner to Mike Scott from leading lawyers, Charles Russell, a major sponsor of the Academy, the ‘Boating Business Environment Award’ marks the importance of…
Waggy Tails Rescue, the Dorset animal charity, is appealing for homes for dogs after the kennels reached full capacity over Christmas. The dogs in their care range from puppies to those in their twilight years like Lexi and Luna (featured here). They need to be homed together. Lexi is a six-year-old staffie, she is friendly…
TV chef James Martin is set to appear once again at this year’s Christchurch Food & Wine Festival. The popular chef will be appearing in two cookery demonstrations in the marquee behind the Regent Centre on Sunday, 12 May, the first demonstration being at 11.30am and the second at 3.30pm. At the afternoon demonstration James…
The male-dominated world of bus driving is slowly reversing thanks to Yellow Buses, which is seeing more women at the wheel. The Bournemouth-based company has nearly 30 female drivers and this year aims to steer even more into training. Yellow Buses found that many women never consider driving as a career, and is urging them…
Beat the fare increase by using your GLO smartcard. That’s the message from Yellow Buses which is increasing the cost of cash fares from 27 January 27. A short hop single will rise from £1.40 to £1.50 while a short hop return will increase from £2 to £2.20. A medium hop single will increase from…
Thanks to the help of fund-raising and donations, Hope Housing, Training and Support Ltd (Hope) has successfully equipped a new gym at the charity’s headquarters in St Swithuns Road South, Bournemouth. The gym is being used for the benefit of 47 vulnerable residents who are helped by the charity to improve their health and self-esteem.…
Are you a keen runner? Looking for a challenge for 2013? Are you fit enough to complete a marathon this April? Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance might just have your dream ticket. The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance (DSAA) has one Silver Bond ticket for the 2013 Virgin London Marathon, which takes place on 21…
Forty years ago the term garden centre was virtually unknown in the UK when Warren Haskins, who had just taken over the family retail nursery business after his father’s death, decided to open a small garden centre shop at Tricketts Cross in Ferndown. As the concept of a ‘one stop shop’ for gardening grew in…
The recent revelations concerning horse meat being identified in various meat products has highlighted concerns about meat traceability and equine welfare according to The British Horse Society. The UK’s largest equine charity believes that a number of serious food hygiene issues need addressing as a matter of urgency. The 2012 Defra decision to withdraw funding…
