The Dorset artist who made headlines with her sculpture of tragic singer Amy Winehouse last year has unveiled her latest work, a sculptured portrait of Marilyn Monroe. Pokesdown-based Linda Joyce revealed the new work at a reception at the town’s Terrace Café, Bournemouth.
Like Amy, Marilyn died young. The American actress was found dead from a barbiturate overdose in 1962. She was just 36-years-old.
The Mayor of Verwood, Cllr Pat Morrow was on hand to start a round the world cycle ride at her local Morrisons today (22 August).
The event is being held at Morrisons stores throughout the South West and funds raised will go to the national cancer care charity, Sue Ryder.
To complete the challenge in 48 hours, each store needs to clock up around 230 miles.
Culture Volunteers Poole are looking for up to 50 volunteers to assist at the spectacular launch event of the Inside Out Dorset Festival. This much lauded and loved festival, produced by Activate, has attracted over 80,000 spectators since its inception in 2005. This year’s event will be held on 12 and 13 September at Poole…
Young volunteers from around the world have helped give Wimborne Minster a deep clean in a weeklong heritage camp. The project, which is organised by Community Service Volunteers (CSV), is part of a nationwide initiative that run by the national volunteering charity. The scheme works with volunteers aged 16-25, who spend one week camping onsite whilst helping to clean and revamp the country’s most historic buildings.
The team at Haskins Garden Centres at Ferndown have often wondered where the thousands of plants sold each year go and how they enhance people’s gardens. Through the company’s website, with the incentive of winning some gift cards, customers have been sending photos of the gardens which inspire and give other gardeners ideas. Lisa Looker,…
Poole-based telecommunications firm VoIP Unlimited will be sponsoring the free Social Wi-Fi next week for Bournemouth Air Show visitors. Now in its seventh year, the Bournemouth Air Festival has welcomed more than 5.8million people to the area since 2008. Network points are being powered up between key landmarks along Bournemouth and Boscombe piers to provide…
Dorset’s disability charity, Diverse Abilities Plus, has received a leisure grant of £995 from Borough of Poole. The grant will support the charity’s Coping with CHAOS service to deliver supported gym and trampolining for disabled children and their siblings in Poole during the school holidays as part of its play opportunity sessions. The service, which…
Dorset Police is working with partners, particularly Bournemouth Borough Council, to prepare for two protests planned in the town this Saturday (23 August), one by the English Defence League and a counter-protest by various groups coordinated by Unite the Union. Public authorities have a legal obligation to facilitate peaceful protest, even when it involves some…
A new film showcasing how a Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) ward has been renovated to improve the environment for patients with dementia is now available to view on the Trust website. The four minute piece speaks to the people behind the refurbishment of Ward 26 and focuses on what has been done to improve the…
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) Chesil Beach Centre will be hosting the launch of a new children’s book called ‘Bizzy the Blenny and the Treasure of the Fleet Lagoon’, written by local artist, Nicola Dennis and Chesil Centre officer, Marc Smith.
The book will be launched at the centre on Wednesday 27 August, where Bizzy will be making a special appearance for a book reading at 1pm, and Nicola will be available to sign books and talk about her art.
