Poole Central Library is proud to screen British Library talks
Poole Central Library is screening a series of free, live talks this month that are hosted by the British Library in London.
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Month: September 2017
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Angela vows to Walk for Wards following cancer
Local mum-of-two Angela Collins has encouraged family and friends to sign up to Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s first-ever Walk for Wards to help give back to the hospital ward that she says ‘saved her life’.
Dorset film premiere of Victoria and Abdul raises £8,000 for local sight loss charity
The red carpet was rolled out on 11 September at The Regent Centre in Christchurch for the Dorset premiere of the much-talked-about film Victoria and Abdul (PG).
AFC Bournemouth Cherries Community Fund helps children affected by domestic abuse
A member of staff from a Women’s Refuge in Bournemouth collected a cheque for £1,000 from AFC Bournemouth Cherries Community Fund recently to support children who are impacted by domestic abuse.
MP meets colleagues and residents at Magna Care Centre
MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole Michael Tomlinson spent time meeting the team, residents and relatives at the Magna Care Centre in Wimborne recently.
Visitor attraction at hospital open day
From touring the operating theatres to bandaging up their teddies, hundreds of people spent the day looking behind the scenes at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s Open Day on Saturday 9 September.
Back-to-back shouts for Poole lifeboats
Both Poole lifeboats launched together on 11 September at 2.10pm, to a report of vessel aground at Whitley Lake off Sandbanks Road and were soon on the scene.
Over 9,000 badgers could be killed this year in Dorset despite advice that culling is unlikely to reduce bovine TB
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has announced that it is shocked and saddened to hear that the areas where badger culling will take place in Dorset this year will be substantially increased despite scientific advice that it is unlikely to have a meaningful effect in reducing bovine tuberculosis (bTB).
Conference celebrates the ash tree in Dorset and Wiltshire before it’s too late
The beautiful ash tree, which has proved so vital to human society down the ages, could soon disappear from the British Isles altogether due to Chalara, ash dieback disease, and the Springhead Trust is running a six-day celebration of the tree in Dorset and Wiltshire before it’s too late.
Local basketball club storms away with new facilities
Thanks to a grant from the Talbot Village Trust of just under £5,000, Dorset Storm Basketball Club has completely refurbished their existing facilities to meet with competition regulations and enable the team to continue to play in national league games.
