Month: November 2014

Two new iPads have been funded by the League of Friends at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital – a ‘valuable resource’ for breast care nurses.

Families will have the chance to kick start the Christmas festivities at Kingston Lacy in Dorset on Sunday 23 November with a traditional Stir-Up Sunday event. Stir-Up Sunday is the traditional day for everyone in the family to take a turn at stirring the Christmas pudding, whilst making a wish. Christmas puddings are made a…

Poole’s Twin Sails Bridge will be closed to all road traffic and pedestrians overnight from 10pm on Wednesday 26 November. The closure will allow the completion and commissioning of a minor modification to the hydraulics system, which could not be completed during the closure of the bridge in April for planned maintenance. John Rice, Engineering…

You can now play tennis in Ferndown after the sun goes down – it’s official!

A group of 120 volunteers and staff from Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and Sembcorp Bournemouth Water have put in 600 hours of work to clear the Gussage Stream near Wimborne of 2km (1.5miles) of weed and vegetation to support rare and threatened wildlife, such as otters and white-clawed crayfish.

Disappointment has turned into excitement because Santa will still be parading in Poole! His extra special stop is thanks to the Borough of Poole stepping in with the local community and partners following the cancellation of the traditional Dolphin Shopping Centre Santa Parade. As a result Santa will be joining in with Christmas on the…

An ‘inspiring’ project to help firms involved in environmental goods and services, plus mainstream businesses keen to move to low-carbon solutions, is set to launch.