Flowers were in profusion when the Mayor of Ferndown, Cllr Mike Parkes made award winning presentations last night (25 September) to green fingered residents of Ferndown who created beautiful gardens in this year’s In Bloom competition. The evening was hosted by the main, long term sponsors of the competition, Haskins Garden Centres, who had put…
Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park, with the support of Fran Cohen, who sings with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and is accompanist and piano teacher, is now recruiting shoppers, retail staff and people from schools and the local community to create a Christmas Choir to perform Carols in December, to support fundraising for Autism Wessex.
Essential resurfacing works are being carried out to a main link road used to access Poole town centre. Works to Mount Pleasant Road will begin on Tuesday 30 September and finish on Thursday 2 October. The working hours will be 8am to 4pm. During these works, a 24 hour road diversion for motorists will be…
Ollie Pennington, Managing Director of Bournemouth based Airways Aviation Group took delivery of the latest aircraft to join its Bournemouth Airport based fleet. The near new AS350 Squirrel helicopter, worth £1.5 million made the flight from London to Bournemouth in just 35 minutes.
The MS Society’s Bournemouth Branch charity golf day was held at Crane Valley Golf Club on 17 September. Dawn Gale and her ladies’ team were winners of the Ladies’ Award for the second year (pictured). One of the organisers of the event, Dave Thompson, suffers from multiple sclerosis and is able to play competitive golf…
The head chef of one of the country’s most luxurious hotels has been specially honoured by Rotary for his outstanding voluntary work in the local community. Luke Matthews, Executive Head Chef at Chewton Glen, New Milton, has been appointed a Paul Harris Fellow by Wimborne Rotary in recognition of his high professional and personal standards…
Officers in Swanage are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after the theft of a portfolio of antique prints from a shop in the town. The theft happened between Friday 4 July and Thursday 4 September from an office at Smith’s Vintage on the High Street. Police Constable Paul Holman, of…
A new training programme called Wildlife Skills has been awarded £829,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), allowing four Wildlife Trusts in the South West to train 46 aspiring conservationists over the next three years.
Autumn is just around the corner, and what better way to warm yourself to the tips of your toes than to take a spin on the dance floor? Borough of Poole Arts Service, in association with BSO Boost and Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, is inviting people of all ages to join them for…
Along with partner organisations across the area, Borough of Poole will be celebrating Older People’s Day on Wednesday 1 October. Held every year to coincide with the UN International Day of Older Persons, the day aims to be a celebration of the achievements and contributions that older people make to society and the economy. To…
