Category: Dorset

With the first phase of work to secure its future as a world class arts organisation and venue successfully completed, Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts, is ready to re-open its doors for the autumn season. “After more than 35 years of delivering an outstanding cultural provision of live performance to Poole and Dorset our…

33 lions airlifted back home to Africa. Thirty-three lions rescued by Animal Defenders International (ADI) from 10 circuses in Peru and Colombia are going home to their native Africa in the biggest ever airlift of its kind. The lions, who endured years of confinement in cages on the backs of trucks and a brutal life…

The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) held their VIP Hospitality Day at the Bournemouth Air Festival for the seventh year running and it was a huge success raising an incredible £13,800 for the charity. As if by divine intervention the heavy rain stopped just in time for the guests to enjoy a fantastic flying…

Dorset-based Swish of the Curtain Theatre School can be seen in ITV’S ‘Keep It in the Family’ hosted by Bradley Walsh, due to air this Saturday (5 September).

Dorset’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Martyn Underhill, has announced his intention to appoint Colin Pipe as his Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner.

Two new large trees have been planted in the gardens at Kingston Lacy to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Bournemouth and Poole National Trust Association.

Son Yambu play authentic Cuban son, the intoxicating fusion of Spanish and African rhythms that gave rise to salsa. See them at the Regent, Christchurch on Friday, 16 October at 8pm. There is also an introductory Cuban dance workshop from 6.30-7.30pm. The band features a new generation of Cuban musicians who are all passionate about maintaining…

A Bournemouth man, who possessed and distributed multiple indecent images of children, has been jailed for 32 months.

A charity garden party served up a £2,286.45 donation for Lewis-Manning Hospice, which offers free care to people with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses.

Officers investigating a sexual assault onboard a bus travelling from Bournemouth to Christchurch have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to. At around 2.45pm on Thursday 30 July, a seven-year-old boy was travelling on the 1a Yellow Bus at Gervis Road when a man inappropriately touched him. The offender…