Two Dorset men who prevented a major fire after an oil tanker crashed into a house have won a National Police Public Bravery Award.
During the morning of Friday 20 January 2012, Darren Fletcher, 36, and Andrew Neal, 44, leapt into action after a man deliberately rammed a tanker into a bungalow in Folly Lane in Wool near Wareham.
Lawrences’ two-day auction of Militaria and Collectors’ Items in Crewkerne last week was a great success with a vast variety of the 1700 lots finding keen buyers. On the first day, an exceptionally broad survey of world coinage included an 11th Century Cnut penny from the Guildford mint at £1610. The Collectors’ sale on the following…
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted that the Government has today confirmed the immediate designation of 27 Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), including Poole Rocks, South Dorset and Chesil Beach and Stennis Ledges in Dorset.
Guests at a nostalgia evening raised more than £2,000 to help purchase equipment for patients with oesophageal cancer at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH).
Wessex Lodge, a personalised and flexible respite service for children and young people with autism and associated difficulties age 3 to 19 has recently been awarded a ‘Good’ grade by Ofsted. Wessex Lodge is part of regional charity Autism Wessex, and is based in the grounds of the charity’s Portfield School in Parley, Christchurch.. The…
Due to phenomenal demand, the BIC has secured two extra dates for McBusted, the McFly and Busted ‘super-group’ UK tour. James Bourne and Matt Willis will represent Busted, while all the McFly boys, Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd, will take part. The two bands previously teamed up at McFly’s 10th anniversary show in September, when Busted…
“A big thank you goes to Alex Wills, head teacher of Ferndown Upper School, for taking the time to pop into Ferndown Jitsu Club and hand out this well deserved award to Jordan Lea on gaining his 1st Kyu Brown Belt,” said Hatamoto John Hanrahan. Jordan was also top student of the grading that was…
Get ready to unwrap Christmas and laugh until it hurts! The Arts University Bournemouth is proud to present a strictly limited run of Alan Ayckbourn’s hilarious Christmas comedy, Season’s Greetings, starring graduating actors from the newly Drama UK accredited Acting Course and directed by special guest director, Karen Henson, from Bristol Old Vic. Cheating at snakes and…
Morebus has confirmed that it will be running a more extensive service on the bank holiday dates over the festive season with a service even on Christmas Day reaching the Royal Bournemouth hospital from Poole, via Poole Hospital, on their M1 service between 9 am and 8pm.
Dedicated staff in the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s Acute Medical Unit (AMU) diagnosed and treated an emergency patient with a rare life threatening condition in time to save her life and personally escort her to her daughter’s wedding. Grandmother and mum of three Frances Wilkins, 56, had been plagued with a range of seemingly unrelated symptoms…
