Nearly 100 pupils from two Bournemouth schools got together to celebrate Christmas in a subway this year. Lowther Road subway, which passes under Wessex Way to connect Lowther Road with Lowther Gardens, was host to Malmesbury Park Primary School (MPPS) and Bethany School’s annual Christmas carol service, where students celebrated the work that has gone…
Volunteers at the Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre, Southbourne, have committed 8,000 hours in 2014 to creating the most ‘wonderful place’. Internationally recognised for its wildlife and archaeology, the opening of the centre in February 2014 realised a 30 year aspiration to provide a high quality visitor interpretation centre at the site. From gardeners to conservationists,…
Christmas lights have been stolen from a Poole children’s charity. At 8.55pm on Tuesday 9 December, thieves stole Christmas lights from the front garden of Julia’s House Children’s Hospice in Springdale Road in the Broadstone. Police Constable Garry Weston, of Ferndown police, said: “We know that a small light-coloured car or delivery van pulled up…
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – Bournemouth International Centre – 10 December Review by Liz Turner To put it simply – everything you’ve ever read about Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The World’s is true. It is absolutely magnificent and I now seriously regret never having seen…
When it comes to pantomime, this production of Robin Hood has got it all. The hero and the beautiful heroine, the baddie and his incompetent sidekicks, the fairy godmother and the dame.
