More than 130 medical staff, patients and keen cyclists have raised over £5,000 for heart equipment at Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s cycling event Pedal Power.
The money will go towards an electrocardiograph (ECG) machine for the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s Heart Unit. ECG machines play an essential role in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and around 50,000 ECGs are carried out in the Heart Unit each year.
A man has been arrested after an elderly pedestrian died in a collision in Weymouth. At approximately 5.05pm on Sunday 11 October 2015, an elderly man and his wife were crossing the B3159 Preston Beach Road when he was in collision with a yellow Suzuki motorcycle travelling north. Sadly the pedestrian, a local man aged…
A man who drove his National Express coach into the back of a police car which had stopped to help another motorist has been disqualified from driving for 12 months.
David William Read
David William Read
David William Read, 38, of Bournemouth, was sentenced on Monday 12 October 2015, at Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court after being found guilty of dangerous driving on Friday 18 September 2015 following a trial.
Step into autumn at the New Forest Walking Festival from this weekend (17 October) with 80 guided wildlife walks, history hikes and family adventures. Autumn in the National Park is a wonderful place for a stroll, with landscapes filled by fiery foliage and free roaming pigs and ponies. Held over a fortnight from 17 October…
The Mayor of Poole formally congratulated Poole Pirates on making Elite League history this year during a ceremony at the Civic Centre.
Riders joined the Mayor of Poole, Cllr Ann Stribley for a Civic Reception in recognition of their outstanding success this year in a season that saw the Pirates victorious in the Elite League Championship for the third year in a row, a feat not achieved in 43 years since the Belle Vue Aces.
Bournemouth Water is warning drivers about essential work it is carrying out in Christchurch on October 14, 15, and 16 resulting in temporary road restriction at Stony Lane. There will be 2-way temporary traffic lights in the vicinity of 202A Stony Lane, Christchurch, from 09.30am on Wednesday, 14 October, for three days The traffic lights…
Work at Parley Golf Centre, which aims to turn it into the finest practice facility in the region, is well under way.
Sporty staff and residents at an East Dorset care home raised hundreds of pounds by stepping out for charity.
A Christchurch man has pleaded guilty to owning a dangerous dog following an attack on another dog. Robin Wright of Hurst Close, Walkford, Christchurch attended Poole Magistrates Courts on 30 September and, having admitted owning a dangerous Staffordshire Bull Terrier dog, was served an order under the Dogs Act 1872 (section 2). The complaint was…
Outgoing Members of the UK Youth Parliament are hosting an information day to share their experiences with other students.
