Year: 2014

Students from All Saints School and Westfield Technology College in Weymouth recently attended a workshop aimed at building confidence between drivers and young people.

Sergeant Sam Burge is Special Constable of the Year. He received his award at a ceremony for local heroes from across the South West hosted by Avon and Somerset Police on 2 November.

To protect residential properties and infrastructure from further coastal erosion, approximately 40,000 cubic metres of sand will be pumped onto Shore Road beach. During last year’s winter storms, Shore Road beach suffered a significant loss of sand along the frontage. Approximately 10 years worth of erosion occurred in just a couple of months, now requiring…

Since its launch in August 2013 the Bournemouth Young Volunteer Award Scheme has issued over 561 certificates to 548 young people aged 13-19 recognising over 15,000 hours of volunteering within their local community.

Annual parades and services to remember those who have given their lives for the peace and freedom that we enjoy today, will be held on Sunday 9 November. This year will be particularly poignant as 2014 also commemorates the centenary of the start of World War 1. Parades in the local area include: BOURNEMOUTH: Remembrance…

Anyone who says that if you remember the sixties you weren’t really there has clearly not met Jenny Boyd. Jenny was not only there, she practically WAS the sixties and she remembers it all in graphic detail. On Friday (November 7) she will be a guest at Wimborne Literature Festival and in an interview at…

More than 70 business people from Christchurch and East Dorset have attended the first of three events to launch Christchurch and East Dorset Councils’ plans for economic growth. This first event took place at Highcliffe Castle where the attendees heard from a successful local businessman, Jimmy Cregan, founder of Jimmy’s Iced Coffee, based in Airfield…

Pop Up Poole is the ideal setting for new start-up businesses, budding entrepreneurs and social enterprises who are considering trading in the high street to gain valuable experience of selling their products without the financial burden of paying rent and business rates

Christmas is an important time for many who harbor the ambition to learn to fly

Report by Janine Pulford Attended by Angus Campbell, the Lord-Lieutenant for Dorset and guest celebrity Michael Medwin OBE, a moving concert that combined traditional variety and remembrance took place at the Hub in Verwood on 2 November. Variety Remembrance led the audience on a journey through the last 100 years to commemorate those who gave…