Category: Dorset

Robert Walter MP (North Dorset) visited communities in his North Dorset constituency hardest hit by recent flooding to hear their concerns.

The trustees of the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) have announced that £70,000 has been allocated for awards to local young people for 2014. The charity has expanded to include three additional youth organisations making JTYAF funding available to many more young people.    Since it was formed in 2008, in memory of Lt…

An exciting soft-play group will be starting in February at the Heatherlands Centre in Ferndown. The new group will be led by John Hanrahan the centre manager and Lisa Guy both of whom are qualified to work with children and young people. Lisa says, “Please bring a pair of slippers or indoor shoes to wear.…

A new “preoperative testchecker” app being piloted at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) will revolutionise the care of patients being prepared for surgery. Preoperative tests are part of the process of ensuring a patient is adequately prepared for surgery, and include blood tests and ECGs. Current NICE guidelines for the tests are complex and it…

A Ringwood couple who won £500 for simply paying their water bill online are planning to donate some of the money to victims of the Philippines typhoon.

Waggy Tails Rescue would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported the ‘Miles for Milo’ appeal. As you can see from the picture, Milo has his new wheels and is enjoying being able to be more independent. He is still having his physio and hydrotherapy, so the costs are ongoing. A permanent…

Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a robbery at the Post Office on Christchurch Road, Southbourne last Friday (10 January) at approximately 2.35pm. Two men entered the shop with their faces and heads covered and approached a member of staff who was behind the counter. One…

Fourteen-year-old Phillip Ransome from Ferndown Upper School has won through to the next round of Rotary’s national Young Chef competition.

Hospital staff, contractors and members of the previous Jigsaw committees gathered at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital today to officially mark the start of construction work on the new Jigsaw building. Trust Chairman Jane Stichbury joined Brymor Contractors to ‘break ground’ on the site of the Jigsaw building, which will provide brand new purpose-built cancer and…