Month: February 2016

Bournemouth Jazz Festival was sad to learn at the weekend that legendary drummer Ginger Baker requires urgent heart surgery and as a result is cancelling all forthcoming bookings.

Oceanarium, the Bournemouth Aquarium is offering locals the opportunity to take a journey around the waters of the world… right on their doorstep. Local residents can meet their aquatic neighbours including rare sea turtles, colourful clownfish, a cheeky otter family, snappy dwarf crocs and the latest additions to the Oceanarium family, a colony of penguins…

Officers in Poole investigating a sexual assault in the town have renewed their appeal for the public’s help. At around 10pm on Monday 18 January, a local woman aged in her 20s was approached by a man in the car park at Library Mews, Shillito Road. The man initially asked the victim for directions. He…

Join Diverse Abilities, Dorset’s disability charity, and abseil down the iconic Hardy’s Monument, near Dorchester, on Sunday 5 June, thanks to the kind permission of The National Trust. This brand new and exciting challenge will give participants the chance to take in spectacular 360 degree panoramic views of the Dorset countryside, as they descend 72ft…

Rachel-Ann Stroud from Wallisdown is preparing to do battle on the BBC’s The Voice having blasted her way through the blind auditions.

The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (RBCH) is looking for ‘Blue Coat’ volunteers to support staff and patients.

The Friends of Lewis-Manning Wimborne hosted their first event on Saturday, a coffee morning at Church House in Wimborne with books, bric-a-brac and raffle, and raised £425 for the hospice. The group, formerly known as EWE (Events with Effects) Group, meets monthly at The Olive Branch, Wimborne, and was set up last September. They hope…

A man who robbed a convenience store armed with a knife has been jailed for three years and four months.