Bournemouth is set to become home to a colony of penguins thanks to a £1.5million investment in the town’s Oceanarium. Following five years of planning the seafront tourist attraction is set to embark on the biggest project in its 16 year history, which will increase the size of the Oceanarium by a third. The centrepiece…
The Regent Centre management are very sorry to announce that the show, Sir Chris Bonington: Life & Times on Thursday 2 October 7.30pm, has had to be postponed until Tuesday 27 January 7.30pm owing to Sir Chris’ ill health. The Regent Centre management regret any inconvenience caused to ticket holders and they may retain their…
The stage is set for Bournemouth’s biggest fireworks party at the Littledown Centre on Saturday, 8 November. With three top quality displays, including the famous White Knuckle – the 15th Bournemouth Fireworks are bound to go with a bang. But organisers are reminding revellers to stay safe and have issued a simple safety message to…
Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a missing woman from Weymouth. Victoria West, aged 27, was last seen at her home address along Canberra Road approximately two weeks ago but was reported missing yesterday (30 September). Victoria was due to move into her mother’s house but the alarm was raised after she…
Ferndown Tennis Club is celebrating the arrival of its new floodlights at the King George V Playing Field courts. Work is in progress to get the lights in operation ready for the autumn season. The floodlights were made possible with funding from several grants including £39,765 from Sport England. Chairman Lynn Chong said, “We can’t…
Oscar the 5-year-old African grey parrot sparked a rescue operation when he was spotted landing on the shoulders of shoppers at Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park.
He had escaped from his Ferndown home two days’ earlier and his relieved owners Mark and Julie Hanna were contacted by Castlepoint after their ‘missing parrot’ notice was found on Gumtree.
Bournemouth Council has today been informed by the Home Office that they expect that the asylum seekers being accommodated in the town will have left by next week. Council Leader, Councillor John Beesley said: “Today, the Chief Executive, the Deputy Leader and I met with Home Office officials to discuss the issue of asylum seekers…
Councillors at Christchurch Borough Council have voted unanimously to object to the proposed wind farm application by Navitus Bay.
At a specially-convened meeting of the full council, members were presented with a Local Impact Report which detailed the key issues affecting the Borough of Christchurch which would arise from the wind farm.
Three men went into Long Johns in Leigh Road, Wimborne and scammed cash out of the fish and chip shop. One man asked for change for various denominations several times in a row. He confused the member of staff into handing over change that was of a greater value than the amount he presented. The…
A new visitor centre that brings together Thomas Hardy’s cottage and the surrounding landscape has been officially opened.
The centre is a joint project between Dorset County Council and the National Trust and was constructed by contractor Morgan Sindall. Visitors will be able to find out more about Thomas Hardy and the nearby landscape that influenced his work.
