Category: Dorset

Stars from the BIC Panto Snow White pushed the plunger to switch on the festive lights at Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park. Crowds cheered as EastEnders Matt Lapinskas and Gillian Wright, and C5 Milkshake presenter Olivia Birchenough and Noel Brodie were joined by Castlepoint General Manager Peter Matthews to perform the ceremony. Santa and his real reindeer were there to thrill the children and the Centrepoint Elim Church choir sang favourite carols whilst festive characters walked amongst the crowd.

Donations from the proceeds of this year’s Rustic Fayre, organised by the Rotary Club of Verwood and held on August Bank Holiday Monday, were welcomed by local charities and groups from around the area, and the Rotary Club had a surprise in store.

Bournemouth students brought joy to dozens of older people when they hosted a special celebratory party for them.
The LeAF Academy joined forces with the charity Faithworks Wessex to host the event, which saw their special guests treated to a wide range of entertainment and afternoon tea.

Officers in Christchurch are appealing to the public for information following criminal damage in the town and have issued CCTV images of a man they’d like to speak with. The incident happened between 3am-5am on Sunday 8 November 2015 when six properties on Castle Street and Bridge Street were damaged. The offender sprayed graffiti onto…

Little Thomas Balch is such a bus enthusiast that when he visited Bournemouth with his mum and dad he wanted to see the local bus depot. The youngster from Swindon is just two and when dad Richard contacted Yellow Buses they offered to show the little boy around. Despite the heavy rain Thomas was delighted…

The Great Heath Living Landscape project is pleased to have launched its first community notice board at the Bournemouth Oceanarium.

Christchurch Christmas Festival will take place this Saturday (28 November) and one of the highlights will be the live reindeer parade at 4pm. The day’s events start at 9.30am with a Charity Santa Run from Christchurch Rowing Club on the Quay, following a mile long course. Entries cost £16 for adults and £11 for children, which…

Poole Projects celebrated the official launch of its new natural play feature ‘The Castle’ at Talbot View with residents coming together for coffee, cake and a ribbon cutting last month.