Wessex Lodge, a personalised and flexible respite service for children and young people with autism and associated difficulties age 3 to 19 has recently been awarded a ‘Good’ grade by Ofsted. Wessex Lodge is part of regional charity Autism Wessex, and is based in the grounds of the charity’s Portfield School in Parley, Christchurch.. The…
Due to phenomenal demand, the BIC has secured two extra dates for McBusted, the McFly and Busted ‘super-group’ UK tour. James Bourne and Matt Willis will represent Busted, while all the McFly boys, Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd, will take part. The two bands previously teamed up at McFly’s 10th anniversary show in September, when Busted…
“A big thank you goes to Alex Wills, head teacher of Ferndown Upper School, for taking the time to pop into Ferndown Jitsu Club and hand out this well deserved award to Jordan Lea on gaining his 1st Kyu Brown Belt,” said Hatamoto John Hanrahan. Jordan was also top student of the grading that was…
Get ready to unwrap Christmas and laugh until it hurts! The Arts University Bournemouth is proud to present a strictly limited run of Alan Ayckbourn’s hilarious Christmas comedy, Season’s Greetings, starring graduating actors from the newly Drama UK accredited Acting Course and directed by special guest director, Karen Henson, from Bristol Old Vic. Cheating at snakes and…
Morebus has confirmed that it will be running a more extensive service on the bank holiday dates over the festive season with a service even on Christmas Day reaching the Royal Bournemouth hospital from Poole, via Poole Hospital, on their M1 service between 9 am and 8pm.
Dedicated staff in the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s Acute Medical Unit (AMU) diagnosed and treated an emergency patient with a rare life threatening condition in time to save her life and personally escort her to her daughter’s wedding. Grandmother and mum of three Frances Wilkins, 56, had been plagued with a range of seemingly unrelated symptoms…
A new group in West Moors attracted 40 people to its first event at the beginning of November. The St Martin’s Discovery Group is for those who are interested in the local, national and world history and geography. The group was entertained to a musical and illustrated talk entitled ‘Around the World in Music and…
More children across the county are set to benefit from a ‘gold standard’ vision check provided by the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) Eye Unit. The unit currently provides checks to 5,000 children in 100 schools across Bournemouth, Poole and south-east Dorset. Now the NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has elected RBH to extend its…
Recently retired boss of MI5 Sir Jonathan Evans was the guest of honour at Ferndown Upper School’s annual GCSE Certificate evening.
The award winning Bournemouth Concert Brass, returns to Regent Centre in Christchurch with their annual New Year Viennese Concert on Sunday 5 January at 3pm. The band’s resident conductor, Bill Willis, is in charge of the baton for the afternoon. Bill has been with the Band since 1993 and has written some of the arrangements…
