Comedy night capers
A successful Comedy Night held recently at the Conservative Club in Ringwood, in aid of the charities for Fanfare for Spring, more than doubled the cash collected for the spring event.
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Navitus Bay Wind Farm information event – 13 June
The cable trench could be coming near you! It’s 22 miles long and up to 213 feet wide. Its construction will be a major civil engineering project taking five years to complete. Landfall is between Barton and Milford. The excavation runs through the New Forest National Park, under the River Avon and into Dorset via…
Something for everyone at Christchurch Music and Arts Festival
Would you expect the David Rees-Williams Jazz Trio or the BackBeat Percussion Quartet to be performing in Christchurch’s ancient Priory Church? Probably not, but these are just two of the musical delights included in the Priory’s week-long Music and Arts Festival which begins on 15 June. This is the first Festival on this scale staged…
Sensory Garden at Langside School Open
Children, parents and staff at Langside School, an independent, non-maintained, special day school run by Dorset charity Diverse Abilities Plus, celebrated the official opening of a brand new sensory garden this week thanks to the hard work of volunteers. The sensory garden has been a six month project to rejuvenate the outside area at the…
Not too late for Twilight Walk
With just one week to go, more than 340 people have signed up for the 2014 Twilight Walk for Women – and there is still time to join them. Walkers can take part in the 1k, 5k or 10k stroll starting from Bournemouth Pier at 8pm on Friday 6 June. Money raised will go towards…
Work to protect Poole’s parks and open spaces
Work is underway to protect six open spaces and parks in Poole against unauthorised encampments. Measures to improve security at Verity Park in Canford Heath, Branksome, Broadstone and Whitecliff Recreation Grounds are scheduled to start before the end of this week. Plans for open space at Baiter are being finalised and will start as soon…
Happy 100th Birthday Freda
Celebrating her 100th birthday today in style is Freda Adams from St Ives.
Police launch major investigation into disappearance of nurse
Dorset Police has launched a major investigation into the disappearance of 44-year-old nurse Rui Li, who was last seen leaving her workplace at Poole Hospital at around 6pm on Friday 23 May. Rui was reported missing to police yesterday morning (27 May). Following initial investigations, a 60-year-old man from Bournemouth who is known to her…
The Changing Face of Journalism
Guest panelists at an NUJ seminar on 21 May at Bournemouth University were Martin Dowse, reporter for Meridian Television, Youssef Taha, reporter for the BBC World Service, Adam Christie, joint-president of the NUJ and Jason Webster, journalist, broadcaster and author, well known for his crime novels and travel writing.
CCTV images after theft from Waitrose in Christchurch
Police have issues CCTV images after four radios and meat was taken, from Waitrose in Christchurch at approximately 3.50pm on Thursday 1 May 2014. The offender entered the store carrying a Waitrose bag for life and selected two D.A.B sport radios worth £79.95 each. He then moved into another aisle and placed the radios in…