The Association of Air Ambulances is today calling on all of the UK’s air ambulance community to nominate an individual or team for this year’s Air Ambulance Awards of Excellence. These prestigious, independent awards honour the exceptional contributions of staff and volunteers in the UK air ambulance community. The Air Ambulance Awards of Excellence were…
The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) has announced a prestigious new collaboration with the ‘Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation’ (ASSF). The ASSF founded by the Academy’s Director, Sir Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy OBE and Andrew’s wife Leah to honour his life and legacy, will be opening the ‘Andrew Simpson Sailing Centre’ at the same…
Talented staff from Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts have recreated the classic 1977 Morecambe and Wise Breakfast sketch to promote the forthcoming theatre production of Morecambe. The short film, which is currently going viral on YouTube, features Lighthouse Stage Door Receptionist Dominic Carver taking the role of Eric Morecambe, with Deputy Duty Manager Liam…
The popular Twilight Walk for Women returns to Bournemouth seafront for the fourth year running this June, with all money going towards women’s health services at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. Bournemouth Hospital Charity is inviting fundraisers to form a sea of pink and take part in the 1k, 5k or 10k walk along the seafront…
The Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), together with help from Borough of Poole’s Economic Development team, is supporting a series of exciting NEW Social Enterprise Schemes with the announcement of a five-year funding loan of £775,000 to BCHA. The former Alder Hills factory is being transformed into a hub of innovative Social Enterprise Schemes by…
Following the announcement made by MP Owen Paterson, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is pleased that the Government’s badger culling policy is not currently being rolled out to further areas in the UK, including Dorset. The failure of the pilot culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire, which were met with strong public opposition, has strengthened the need…
What is believed to be the first set of sextuplet lambs were born last week and are still thriving at Farm Stay UK member Rorie and Rachael Geddes’ farm in Toller Porcorum, Dorset. Speaking about the sextuplets, owner of Colesmoor Farm Rorie Geddes, said: “Although we have lots of triplets and quadruplets and the occasional…
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted that Broadstone Art Society has chosen to support a major new project the Trust is leading on, ‘The Great Heath Living Landscape’, for their art exhibition this spring by displaying paintings inspired by heathland in Dorset.
A night of performances from the likes of Madonna, Michael Bublé, Elvis, Dean Martin, Village People, Paul Carrack, The Darkness, Andrea Corr and Katherine Jenkins helped raise over £1,000 for both Lewis-Manning Hospice and Wessex Cancer Trust.
Five life-size model dinosaurs are fascinating visitors young and old at Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park. A 20ft postosuchus, 10ft giant raptor, 5ft velociraptor, 6ft triceratops and a 7ft stegosaurus arrived on 4 April and will be staying until the 20 April.