More children across the county are set to benefit from a ‘gold standard’ vision check provided by the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) Eye Unit. The unit currently provides checks to 5,000 children in 100 schools across Bournemouth, Poole and south-east Dorset. Now the NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has elected RBH to extend its…
Recently retired boss of MI5 Sir Jonathan Evans was the guest of honour at Ferndown Upper School’s annual GCSE Certificate evening.
The award winning Bournemouth Concert Brass, returns to Regent Centre in Christchurch with their annual New Year Viennese Concert on Sunday 5 January at 3pm. The band’s resident conductor, Bill Willis, is in charge of the baton for the afternoon. Bill has been with the Band since 1993 and has written some of the arrangements…
Following a triumphant UK and European arena tour in 2012, one of the most ground-breaking tours of all time, Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds is to return for the sixth and final time in 2014. (Wednesday 10 December, BIC, 8pm). The show will again feature a stellar cast with Jeff…
A dark red 1968 Volkswagen Karman Ghia coupé belonging to a 67-year-old local man has been stolen from a garage on Clifford Road, Moordown. The incident is believed to have taken place some time between Monday 11 November and Tuesday 12 November 2013. The offenders forced entry to the garage in order to steal the vehicle.…
One thing is certain, the Rotary Club of Ringwood can react quickly in an emergency. Within two days of assessing the need, Rotary volunteers were in the Furlong and Meeting House Lane collecting for the disaster in the Philippines, and were amazed how generous people can be in a time of emergency. During three days…
Staff at the Wessex Group made £475 for Children In Need – by being Wallies!
An astonishing £19,000 was distributed to three charities by Ferndown Golf Club with the cheques being presented at the Centenary Captains’ Farewell Dinner.
Autism Wessex is providing the local community with a festive treat to say thank you for their support of the regional charity by hosting a FREE Christmas Carol Concert at the beautiful Priory Church in Christchurch on 10 December from 7pm. Paul Reade, Community and Events Fundraiser comments; “This is one of our favourite events in…
Base Jumpers Sam Hardy and Karlee Ayers are rising to fame as the world’s most daring couple. They say that experiencing death-defying moments together strengthens their relationship. Sam from Dorset and Karlee from California, first met at a skydiving centre in California, and now spend most of their time together jumping off some of the…
