POOLE MAN DEDICATES ANTARCTIC HALF MARATHON WORLD RECORD TO LATE CHAMPIONS
Local man Lee Thomas, 32 from Poole, has set a world record by running a half marathon in Antarctica in the fastest time.
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Napoli remembered – 10 Years On
NEWS FEED Consider this nightmare scenario – a huge container ship heading down the English Channel is severely damaged in a storm and forced to come ashore on Dorset’s famous Jurassic Coast – a World Heritage Coastline. The major maritime incident put the coastal village of Branscombe firmly on the map and sparked a major…
New career – train to teach in Poole
Anyone interested in finding out more about a career in teaching should make a date in their diaries for Poole’s ‘Get Into Teaching’ event on Monday 23 January 2017.
Lights on at The Factory for local business
The Lights were on at The Factory recently for a B2B exhibition aimed at start-ups and established small businesses, which attracted an audience of over 200 people. The day included free seminars, keynote speakers, information and advice from exhibitors and many networking opportunities to support and build local business.
Mementos in Poole is a new group for people living with dementia
A new free art and reminiscence project in Poole has been launched for people living with dementia and their close family members.
HRH The Princess Royal opens Spinal Injury Service at Livability Holton Lee
HRH The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, opened a brand new facility in Dorset yesterday – the Livability Spinal Injury Centre at Holton Lee.
Bids at Crewkerne auction reach £1,000 for silver elephants
Bidding for a pair of silver bull elephants, just under 7-inches across, reached £1,000 at Lawrences in Crewkerne recently.
Cancer charity banks over £6,000
The Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF) has received a generous donation of over £6,000 from customers and staff of local NatWest branches.
Poole Museum honours the sacrifice of the Great War
Poole Museum has been granted £50,600 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to launch a project on Poole, the First World War and its enduring legacy.
Mala Tribich to speak at Holocaust memorial event in Bournemouth
The main speaker at a Holocaust memorial event to be held in Bournemouth will be Mala Tribich MBE. She was one of around 60,000 prisoners freed from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by soldiers of the British 11th Armoured Division, in the closing stages of the Second World War.