Young people from Poole will get the chance to go behind the scenes at Borough of Poole, as they take on a variety of council jobs in support of National Takeover Day. From 8 – 12 June, young people from the local area will be working alongside a number of different council departments to get…
To celebrate Wimborne Minster Folk Festival, the Priest’s House Museum & Garden in Wimborne Minster will be open on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14June, 10am to 4.30pm, for the special admission price of £1 (children free). Visitors can discover the stunning Roman wall paintings, the fascinating childhood gallery and a unique Victorian Valentine card collection…
More than 450 walkers have signed up to take part in Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s Twilight Walk for Women tonight (Friday 5 June). The Klaxons’ bass guitarist and singer, Jamie Reynolds, will officially start the event at 8pm, raising money for medical equipment for the new Jigsaw Building at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH). The building…
Matt Black and his manager Jon Cox completed their mammoth fundraising three legged bike ride from John O’Groats to Lands End between 4 and 25 May.
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, today begins its second month-long on-board collection this year to raise vital research funds for its chosen charity partner, Cancer Research UK. In February, generous passengers raised over £35,000 boosting the total amount raised by Flybe passengers and staff since 2009 to more than £500,000. Passengers on all of the…
Stephen Lamberth’s Schools Tae Kwon Do and Self Defence has just had a record number of new beginners attend their very first grading test. There were 22 boys, girls, men and women aged from 4-65 at the grading and they were tested on beginner level movements that they had practised in class. Stephen said, “To…
Hertfordshire based construction company Willmott Dixon formally handed over an £11m Bournemouth & Poole College extension at North Road, Poole, to principal Lawrence Vincent this week. This completed a new milestone in the 100 year history of the college.
Highcliffe celebrated its first food festival in high style on 16 May. With events for all the family including cake competitions, ice-cream, cakes, hog roasts, bouncy castles, beer, a town crier and locally run businesses showing their wares, as well as those from further afield in Hampshire and the rest of Dorset, the event was deemed…
A 24-hour long BioBlitz will be held on Brownsea Island from midday on Friday 12 June in order to record coastal wildlife at the site. The outdoor event is one of 25 interactive wildlife surveys happening across National Trust coastal sites in England, Wales and Northern Ireland this summer. Over 24 hours, the charity’s wildlife experts…
Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following an assault in West Moors. At around 9.45am on Friday 29 May 2015, a collision took place on Station Road between two cyclists. After the initial collision, the offender grabbed the victim, a 31-year-old man from Three Legged Cross, by the throat…