The new visitor centre at Hardy’s Birthplace, now enjoying its first summer, is thriving with the increase in visitor numbers, and new volunteers are being sought to help with the demand.
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a woman was raped in the town. Police were called by a member of the public at 2.17am this morning, (21 July), to reports of a woman being sexually assaulted in Lower Gardens. The victim, an 18-year-old local woman, was…
Following the theft of a rowing boat in Christchurch, CCTV images have been released by police officers. The incident took place at around 7.40pm on Saturday 4 July when two male suspects entered a garden that backs onto the River Stour on Beaulieu Road via a rubber dinghy, before attempting to take a blue-and-white rowing…
Heatherlands Hopscotch Preschool held its first ever Graduation which took place on Friday, 17 July 2015. The children enjoyed a day full of fun and games followed by party food and a children’s entertainer.
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals are appealing for natty knitters and crocheters to make and donate ‘baby boob beanies’ in time for World Breastfeeding Week, 1-7 August. The quirky hats are designed to look like a bare breast when worn by a breastfeeding baby, and originated as part of an online social movement to…
A trip to a Ladies European Tour championship and the chance to rub shoulders with top players turned into a title inspiration for Dorset’s Becky Dodd. In the space of just two weeks she cut six shots off her handicap and won the Dorset girls’ championship, claiming both scratch and handicap prizes. “It was a…
A pioneering mental health surf project for young people, the Wave Project, is in line for a national award and is calling upon local residents to help them achieve this prestigious recognition. Originally starting in Cornwall, the Wave Project came to Dorset in 2013 with support from Dorset HealthCare, which funded a successful pilot scheme.…
Cream teas held for Animal Care in Egypt (ACE) raised £400 over two days. Ceilia Marker who organised the event at her home in St Ives near Ringwood said, “The Saturday was particularly fine and people enjoyed sitting in the garden and chatting and having a go at the tombola. It was a nice social…
Bournemouth Chamber of Trade and Commerce (BCTC) is encouraging the town’s businesses to let their imagination take flight by taking part in a competition to decorate their windows and shop fronts for Bournemouth Air Festival. The festival, which takes place from 20 – 23 August, is one of the region’s biggest events attracting more than…
Oakmeadians RFC, in Meyrick Park, Bournemouth celebrated the arrival of Rugby’s greatest prize, the Webb Ellis Cup, on Sunday 12 July as part of the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour. The trophy, which is in the South West region for 10 days as part of the Trophy Tour, visited Meyrick Park to take part in…