A charity boxing night raised a knockout £2,000 for the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s new Jigsaw building. The Bransgore Rotary Club’s fundraising boxing night was held at the Carrington Hotel in December 2013. Guests enjoyed a Bournemouth Amateur Boxing Association inter-county boxing match and three course meal with money raised from ticket sales, a raffle and…
Lewis-Manning Hospice in Poole celebrated smashing its own fundraising record at Luscombe Valley Railway last weekend (21/22 December). The charity, which offers free palliative nursing care to hundreds of local people living with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, raised over £10,000 over the course of the year at the popular local attraction, beating their 2010…
Possible locations for future mineral extraction in Dorset have been unveiled, as residents are asked to have their say on the suggested sites and also help shape future plans for waste and recycling. Dorset County Council is encouraging people to make comments on two documents, the Mineral Sites Plan and the Waste Plan Issues Paper,…
Morebus Service For Christmas Day To Hospitals Morebus has confirmed that it will be running a more extensive service on the bank holiday dates over the festive season. For the first time On a Christmas day the M1 service will operate between 9am and 8pm from Poole to both Poole Hospital and the Royal Bournemouth…
BBC News has reported that fire crews in Dorset have rescued 25 people trapped in their cars by flood water after strong winds and torrential rain overnight.
Firefighters helped people in Sturminster Newton, Blandford, Shaftesbury, Sherborne and Wimborne.
Police are renewing their appeal for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a fatal fail to stop collision – with details and an image of a vehicle they are keen to trace being released and a reward being offered. Officers were called at 7.25pm on Friday 13 December to the collision at…
A West Moors pensioner in her 70s became trapped when a burglar pushed her wheelchair over and she fell out. A man got into her home on Heathfield Way between 6pm and 9.40pm on Friday 20 December and attacked her. He pushed her over when she confronted him and left her on the floor and…
Football players from AFC Bournemouth took time out from their busy training schedule to help Wave 105 Cash for Kids with its Mission Christmas Toy Appeal by delivering gifts to disadvantaged children.
Two young achievers in the mini jitsu section of Ferndown Jitsu Club are Isabella, who was awarded the student of the week trophy, and latest club member Taylor, who earned his red belt.
Schoolchildren from North Dorset joined forces with Dorset Police officers on Friday 13 December to target law-flouting motorists.
Pupils from Archbishop Wake CE VC Primary School accompanied police officers from Blandford Safer Neighbourhood Team and the newly formed Community Speed Watch team to tackle bad and careless driving outside their school in Black Lane in Blandford.
