Regional charity Autism Wessex has launched a new text donate number as part of its charity partnership with Castlepoint Shopping Park. The text donate code ‘SHOP15 £2’ has been launched by Castlepoint and Autism Wessex to help raise vital funds for the charity. Peter Matthews, General Manager at Castlepoint said: “We are delighted to be…
Landlords and lettings agents in Dorset face significant new responsibilities to check the immigration status of prospective tenants, lawyers have warned.
A new chief officer has been appointed to lead Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) from 1 January 2015.
A teenager was stabbed on Upton Road at the junction with Pergin Crescent, Creekmoor at 1am today (Friday, 26 September). The 16-year-old local boy was walking with a friend along Upton Road toward Creekmoor when a man on a pushbike, riding in the opposite direction, bumped into the kerb alongside them. He shouted at the…
Flowers were in profusion when the Mayor of Ferndown, Cllr Mike Parkes made award winning presentations last night (25 September) to green fingered residents of Ferndown who created beautiful gardens in this year’s In Bloom competition. The evening was hosted by the main, long term sponsors of the competition, Haskins Garden Centres, who had put…
Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park, with the support of Fran Cohen, who sings with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and is accompanist and piano teacher, is now recruiting shoppers, retail staff and people from schools and the local community to create a Christmas Choir to perform Carols in December, to support fundraising for Autism Wessex.
Essential resurfacing works are being carried out to a main link road used to access Poole town centre. Works to Mount Pleasant Road will begin on Tuesday 30 September and finish on Thursday 2 October. The working hours will be 8am to 4pm. During these works, a 24 hour road diversion for motorists will be…
Ollie Pennington, Managing Director of Bournemouth based Airways Aviation Group took delivery of the latest aircraft to join its Bournemouth Airport based fleet. The near new AS350 Squirrel helicopter, worth £1.5 million made the flight from London to Bournemouth in just 35 minutes.
The MS Society’s Bournemouth Branch charity golf day was held at Crane Valley Golf Club on 17 September. Dawn Gale and her ladies’ team were winners of the Ladies’ Award for the second year (pictured). One of the organisers of the event, Dave Thompson, suffers from multiple sclerosis and is able to play competitive golf…
