Month: September 2014

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Text donate while you shop

Regional charity Autism Wessex has launched a new text donate number as part of its charity partnership with Castlepoint Shopping Park. The text donate code ‘SHOP15 £2’ has been launched by Castlepoint and Autism Wessex to help raise vital funds for the charity. Peter Matthews, General Manager at Castlepoint said: “We are delighted to be…

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Poole stabbing – witness appeal

A teenager was stabbed on Upton Road at the junction with Pergin Crescent, Creekmoor at 1am today (Friday, 26 September). The 16-year-old local boy was walking with a friend along Upton Road toward Creekmoor when a man on a pushbike, riding in the opposite direction, bumped into the kerb alongside them. He shouted at the…

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Ferndown In Bloom presentations

Flowers were in profusion when the Mayor of Ferndown, Cllr Mike Parkes made award winning presentations last night (25 September) to green fingered residents of Ferndown who created beautiful gardens in this year’s In Bloom competition. The evening was hosted by the main, long term sponsors of the competition, Haskins Garden Centres, who had put…

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Singing shoppers needed for Christmas choir

Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park, with the support of Fran Cohen, who sings with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and is accompanist and piano teacher, is now recruiting shoppers, retail staff and people from schools and the local community to create a Christmas Choir to perform Carols in December, to support fundraising for Autism Wessex.

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Resurfacing of main Poole town centre road

Essential resurfacing works are being carried out to a main link road used to access Poole town centre. Works to Mount Pleasant Road will begin on Tuesday 30 September and finish on Thursday 2 October. The working hours will be 8am to 4pm. During these works, a 24 hour road diversion for motorists will be…

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Teeing off for charity

The MS Society’s Bournemouth Branch charity golf day was held at Crane Valley Golf Club on 17 September. Dawn Gale and her ladies’ team were winners of the Ladies’ Award for the second year (pictured). One of the organisers of the event, Dave Thompson, suffers from multiple sclerosis and is able to play competitive golf…

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Rotary honours head chef

The head chef of one of the country’s most luxurious hotels has been specially honoured by Rotary for his outstanding voluntary work in the local community. Luke Matthews, Executive Head Chef at Chewton Glen, New Milton, has been appointed a Paul Harris Fellow by Wimborne Rotary in recognition of his high professional and personal standards…

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