Year: 2016

Members of Dorset County Council will debate the future shape of local government in Dorset at a special council meeting on Thursday, 10 March.

Detectives investigating an alleged serious assault in Poole are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward – with nine men and one woman being arrested. The incident happened just before midnight on Sunday 28 February in Parkstone Heights. It was reported that a man had sustained serious stab injuries. The local man,…

Ian Ebdon, men’s captain at Christchurch Golf Club presents Andrea Piedot from Bournemouth Hospital Charity with a cheque for £3,369.33 which has been raised over the last year. The Captain’s Golf Day, various raffles and collection tins all helped to achieve this fantastic amount that will go to the stroke unit.

A hospital gown designed for women who want to protect their modesty for religious reasons is now being offered at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals. The new ‘multi-faith dignity gown’ includes sleeves ending at the wrist, two hair coverings, a face mask and a belt around the waist to ensure it doesn’t come open…

Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park is to support the manager of fashion retailer H&M as she trains to fight in a charity boxing tournament on 19 March.

Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) officially launched the Bournemouth International Growth (BIG) programme at the end of January. It is an ambitious major economic growth plan focused on employment and development around Bournemouth Airport.