On Sunday 8 November, a parade of ex-service men and women, pre-service and youth organisations will be marching through the Bournemouth town centre and the central gardens to the War Memorial for the service starting at 10.57am. The service holds a special significance this year, being the 70th anniversary of VJ Day. The Mayor of…
With 33 finalists now selected, the award-winning commercials team at Light Side Productions are on the road again to film with each and every one, ahead of the glittering Dorset Business Awards gala dinner on Thursday November 26.
A programme of work to protect Bournemouth’s coastline will begin on Monday 2 November. Bournemouth Council’s beach management programme includes replacing and adding groyne defences, together with three separate beach replenishments over the next 17 years. The start of the project will see the removal and replacement of ten timber groynes to the east of…
Police have received reports of three males driving a white van touting for gardening work in the Ferndown area. Two of the males were wearing long sleeve green sweatshirts with a logo ‘OAK LODGE’ embroidered on the tops. The other male was wearing a blue top and flat cap. Officers have warned “Please do not…
Ferndown Upper School sixth formers dressed up as heroes on Friday 23 October to raise money for the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation, a charity set up in memory of Lt John Thornton RM who was tragically killed in southern Afghanistan in 2008, and who was a much-loved and admired student at the school. Year…
Wimborne Stroke Support Group organised two ‘Round the Islands’ boat trips in Poole Harbour for its members and a great time was had by all. “I am sure the coffee, cakes and biscuits had something to do with it,’ one member commented.
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) was saddened to see a critically endangered porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) landed on Chesil Beach recently by a local fisherman. The two metre shark, a mature female, was accidently caught in a trammel net 300 yards off Chesil Cove.
The south coast is soon set to benefit from a vibrant new Hilton hotel in the cosmopolitan seaside town of Bournemouth.
‘Give a hand’ at Ferndown Leisure Centre today (Thursday 29 October) to raise money for The Stroke Association. Join in bowling and wheelchair basketball using your less dominant hand to gain an insight of how frustrating life can be after a stroke. Everyone is welcome to have a go between 1.30-3.30pm for a £1. More…
A 56-year-old woman from Broadstone suffered multiple fractures to both arms and legs when she was involved in a collision on Lower Blandford Road in Broadstone. She was driving a silver Peugeot 207 which was in collision with a black Mercedes C220 estate at approximately 3.25pm on Wednesday 28 October 2015 and was taken to…