A 23-year-old man from London has been arrested on suspicion of kidnap and grievous bodily harm with intent and is currently assisting police with their enquiries following an alleged kidnap and assault in Christchurch on Friday evening (20 February 2015). The incident, which officers believe was targeted, happened at 7.29pm outside One Stop Community Stores…
This year’s Camp Bestival’s music line-up at Lulworth Castle is already bursting with the untamed brilliance of headliners Underworld, Clean Bandit and Kaiser Chiefs, plus lots more guaranteed crowd-pleasers like Professor Green, Wretch 32, Kate Tempest, Bob Geldof and many more. Chief Wild Thing Rob da Bank says: “Camp Besti’s creative team have outdone themselves once again with an absolute truckload of wild and wonderful…
Bournemouth Borough Council has teamed up with British Cycling to offer female residents a free chance to train as a Breeze ride leader and help inspire a new generation of active women. Breeze is British Cycling’s biggest ever programme to get more women riding bikes for fun. Led by women for women, it relies on…
A new report about Local Wildlife Sites around the UK has revealed that the habitat quality of 118 (9%) of Dorset’s Local Wildlife Sites have deteriorated significantly in the last five years.
Dorset Police is working with Crimestoppers to raise awareness of rural crime and reduce the impact it can have on Dorset residents.
A 24-year-old man has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for robbing a 90-year-old woman in Bournemouth. Sheldon Woodford, of no fixed abode, was jailed at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday 13 February after pleading guilty to robbery at the same court on Friday 23 January. The court heard police were called to Michelgrove Road in…
Poole’s innovative pop-up shop has been transformed into a science lab providing a fantastic opportunity for young children to get hands-on with science.
A Poole care home had a flipping good time by celebrating Shrove Tuesday with a pancake time trial.
Staff and residents at Colten Care’s The Aldbury competed to see who could toss their pancakes the most within the space of a minute.
The Royal College of Anaesthetists has praised the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s Pre-Assessment Department for its improvement, good practice and quality care for patients with anaemia or diabetes who require surgery.
New research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found that despite three fifths (60%) of small firms using cloud computing services, the remaining two fifths (38%) remain sceptical about the benefits of the technology in the face of perceived risks. When asked what risks they most associated with cloud computing, FSB members questioned…