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‘Use our loo’ scheme should save council money

Visitors to Blandford Road and Jubilee Road/Ashley Road won’t need to worry about getting caught short thanks to a new scheme to improve access to toilets in the area. The Community Toilet Scheme allows anyone to use the loos in scheme members’ premises whether they are a paying customer or not. Businesses signing up to…

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Fundraising drama in Wimborne helps local hospice

The members of Wimborne Drama theatre company have kindly made a £1000 donation to Lewis-Manning Hospice, who support local people with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. The cast and crew, who are starting rehearsals for their July production of Cash On Delivery welcomed Sara Johnson, Community Fundraiser for the hospice, to their meeting last week…

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Twin Sails Bridge Closes For Planned Maintenance

The Twin Sails Bridge will close for one week from Monday 31 March to enable pre-planned, essential maintenance works to be carried out.  The bridge will be closed to road traffic, including cyclists and pedestrians, from 7am. During the closure Poole Bridge will be operating as normal and there will be no significant disruption to…

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Bournemouth goes for gold at this year’s Entente Florale

Preparations are already underway for this summer when a group of European judges will visit the town for the prestigious European competition, Entente Florale Europe. Eleven judges from 11 European countries will be touring the borough on Friday 8 August scoring the town, not only on Bournemouth’s spectacular floral displays and areas of natural outstanding…

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Charity funds new trollies for ED

A generous donation from the League of Friends at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital has funded new trollies for ED which will store vital equipment, making it easily accessible and saving precious time in an emergency. One resus trolley, costing over £1,000, has been purchased for the resuscitation (resus) area while nine caretray trollies will be…

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Is it possible to walk on custard?

Young scientists and teachers from Sherborne Girls in Dorset dipped their toes into an unusual area of science to celebrate National Science and Engineering Week – an experiment to find out if it is possible to walk on custard. “Unlike water, custard is a non-Newtonian liquid so in theory we knew that it was possible…

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