Funds from a cabaret evening held in February, which raised £3,195.55 for Poole Hospital’s Alcohol Care and Treatment Services (ACTS), have been handed over at a ‘virtual’ cheque presentation.
An award-winning respite holiday retreat in Bournemouth could soon become a casualty of the Covid-19 crisis.
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (RBCH) are set to merge in October under the umbrella of University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust – and people are invited to say how they would like to be treated.
Guidelines for wearing a face covering in England are changing.
Litter-picking legend Oly Rush, who spends his spare time cleaning Dorset’s beaches, is to swim the entire length of the Jurassic Coast – almost 100 miles.
Last weekend went by with very few incidents in Dorset despite the good weather.
Although in March Dorset Family History Society had to close its Treetops Research Centre in Fleets Lane, Poole and cancelled its Family History Day, monthly meetings and computer group, it is still a vibrant organisation.
Hurrah! Dorset Council’s leisure centres are to re-open from Saturday 25 July – and yes this does include indoor swimming pools.
Both Poole lifeboats were launched at 4.40pm on 13 July when a catamaran with three people on board became entangled in ropes at the bottom of Evening Hill in Poole Harbour.
Jeff Mostyn, the chairman of AFC Bournemouth, is joining the local Dorset and Wiltshire children’s hospice charity, Julia’s House, as an ambassador.
