Month: July 2014

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Thousands celebrate cycling on Poole Quay

Poole Quay welcomed the fourth annual Cycle Celebration last week, with thousands of visitors attracted by the cycling activities and information on offer. Now a regular event in the cycling calendar, the Poole Quay Cycle Celebration this year featured the Animal WD-40 Action Sports tour. The team amazed crowds with spectacular aerial bike displays by…

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Volunteer locomotive driver filmed for ‘Harbour Lives’

A young volunteer steam locomotive driver is to feature in ITV’s primetime ‘Harbour Lives’ documentary this week as he takes to the controls of the heritage line’s popular ‘Dorsetman’ Sunday lunch train through the beautiful Purbeck countryside – for the very first time.
Twenty-six year-old Billy Johnson drives 120-tonne 1940s Southern Railway Bulleid Pacific class express steam locomotive No 34028 ‘Eddystone’ on Thursday, 31 July, 2014, from 8.30pm in an ITV1 documentary series hosted by Ben Fogle.

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Bournemouth hospital patients benefit from new trolleys

The Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s League of Friends and Hospital Appeal Shop have funded 11 additional trolleys to move patients around the hospital, speeding up response times and benefitting thousands of patients. Porters are involved with over 11,000 patient moves every year which equates to more than 200 moves each week. The new trolleys cost around…

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No parking transaction fees in August in Bournemouth

Bournemouth Borough Council is among councils in Dorset where there will be no transaction charges for their cashless car parking service throughout August. Bemrose Mobile, the company behind “Phone and Pay” parking will not charge any users for any transaction charges or SMS service charges for the whole of August in all local parking areas…

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French Market brings Ferndown to life

All things continental were sold from colourful market stalls along Victoria Road in Ferndown over the weekend of 25-27 July. From baguettes to Brie and galettes to garlic, there was much to see and buy. The market arrived in Ferndown after it was cancelled at short notice by Ringwood Town Council and there was no…

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