A special evening complete with a fashion show with a gardening theme has raised £1200 for the Alzheimer’s Society. The event was organised and hosted by the Haskins Garden Centre at Longham, Ferndown as part of the centres’ 20th anniversary celebrations.
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…
A man has been arrested and following the death of a woman in the centre of Bournemouth. Dorset Police responded to a report of a serious incident just after 12.30pm on Sunday 30 March and found the body of a deceased woman in a property along St Michael’s Road. She was pronounced dead at the…
Former pupil Sam Matthews wished Broadstone Middle School well, ahead of their appearance at Wembley Stadium on 30 March, whilst Mid Dorset and North Poole MP Annette Brooke will be at Wembley to cheer the team on. The team will represent AFC Bournemouth in Sunday’s Football League Girls’ Cup final, which takes place at the…
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…
The Parkstone Bay Boat Club offers members access to a range of modern powerboats, from a classic, wooden-deck harbour launch to a twin-engined fast sports cruiser with spacious cabin and galley.
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…
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…
A new £1 for two hours parking charge will be introduced in Christchurch town centre from 1 April. The new £1 charge comes as a result of the council and Christchurch Chamber of Trade and Commerce working in partnership. The charge was originally recommended by the chamber and, following surveys by the council and the…
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…