Pam’s starring role as new minibus takes to the road
Former nurse Pam Legg was the star of a show when a new top-of-the-range minibus took to the road at her Poole care home.
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Arnewood School’s insight into learning in Pakistan
Students from The Arnewood School in New Milton were given a very special insight into the life of school children in rural Pakistan when they were treated to a visit from a headteacher who had travelled all the way from the Bagrote Valley in Northern Pakistan.
Strictly winner at Bournemouth
Pasha Kovalev winner of Strictly Come Dancing 2014 will be bringing his new show Life Through Dance to the Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre this June . In this amazing new show starring Pasha and his sensational dancers, the audience will be transported into the world of Ballroom and Latin Dance with all its glitter and sequence.…
Events for prospective council candidates in Christchurch and East Dorset
Christchurch and East Dorset Councils are holding seminars for anyone who may be interested in standing as a candidate in the borough, district, town or parish council elections on 7 May 2015. The seminars are taking place on: Tuesday 3 February at 6.30pm in the Council Chamber at Council Offices, Furzehill, Wimborne, BH21 4HN Thursday…
Macmillan Unit at Christchurch honours long-serving volunteers
Trustees and staff of Macmillan Caring Locally, the charity that supports the Macmillan Unit at Christchurch Hospital, have said a big thank you to their ‘enthusiastic and dedicated’ volunteers at a special recognition event.
Highlights from Puccini’s Tosca
London Festival Opera is returning to the Layard Theatre at Canford Magna on 30 January with a brand new production featuring a highlight performance of Puccini’s ‘Tosca’. The opera contains some of Puccini’s most passionate and dramatic music. After the interval there will be a programme of celebrated arias and ensembles with works by Mozart,…
Sir Chris Bonington – Life & Times
There is a rare chance to meet one of the world’s greatest mountaineers, when Sir Chris Bonington brings his Life & Times audio visual lecture tour to the Regent Centre in Christchurch this month. Britain’s best known mountaineer and one of the most successful expedition leaders in history, he began climbing at the age of…
Swanage Railway’s record breaking year
Swanage Railway volunteers and staff are celebrating after their heritage line carried a record-breaking 216,267 passengers during 2014 – that’s more than the combined populations of Bournemouth, Wimborne and Bridport. And there is further cause for celebration because the year’s festive ‘Santa Special’ steam trains carried a record-breaking 9,205 passengers, more than the combined populations…
Musical Theatre seeks talented people
Wimborne Musical Theatre will begin rehearsals for its next production The King and I on Thursday 22 January and are looking for local talented people to join the cast. The show has a number of different roles in a variety of ages; also several parts for children. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1956 musical is set in 19th-century…
Another historic Wimborne shop to close
After over 30 years’ trading on the High Street in Wimborne, The Square Corner is to close its doors for the last time at the end of January. Owners Graham and Katrina have run the shop for over four years and are blaming increasing costs and decreasing footfall in the town: “The problems started the…