After many years planning, campaigning and fundraising Swanage Sea Rowing Club (a registered charity) has generated over £350,000 to build a striking new boathouse which will be officially opened on 7 December. The building, faced with local Purbeck stone and set into the hillside with an environmental green roof, will house the club’s gigs and…
Wimborne town crier Chris Brown and former mayor Anthony Oliver, MBE said “thank you and goodbye'” to the town’s tourist information staff on Saturday 30 November when the centre, in its present form, closed.
Police in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a road traffic collision. The incident happened at around 4.20pm on Wednesday 6 November 2013 on the petrol station forecourt at the Co-Op store on Castle Lane West. An 87-year-old Bournemouth man was in collision with a lorry being driven…
Local Waggy Tails supporter, Paul Chapman, is raising funds for Milo, a corgi cross who has paralysis in both hind legs. Paul hopes to raise enough funds to get Milo a little cart that will help him gain more independence. Milo came to Waggy Tails Rescue from the dog pound and is thought to be…
The success and dedication of young Christchurch sportsmen and women has been celebrated at the annual Christchurch and District Sports Council Sports Achievement Awards, held at East Dorset Indoor Bowls Club. This year there were over 50 winners, with awards presented on the night by the Mayor of Christchurch, Cllr John Lofts, for success across…
SEMBCORP Bournemouth Water (SBW) is to freeze its prices for household and business customers until April 2015. The company, which supplies drinking water to approximately half a million people in parts of Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire, will then cut bills for the following 12 months. Increases in subsequent years up to 2020 will be kept…
Inspired by her niece who was born prematurely, a property solicitor at Humphries Kirk LLP in Parkstone completed the Bournemouth Marathon last month to raise vital funds for charity. Charlotte Dollimore completed the 26.2 mile route in 4 hours and 38 minutes and has so far raised more than £800. The money has gone to…
A screening of a new film, said by Empire Magazine’s Kim Newman as being “a worthy successor to ‘Shaun of the Dead,’” has sold out in less than a week. To cope with demand, Indie Screen Dorset at Lighthouse in Poole has added an extra performance on 9 December at 5.45pm. Written by Dan Palmer…
Joan Murton, who recently moved into Colten Care’s Brook View home in West Moors, is putting a long-standing hobby to good use by making blankets for sale in aid of the Dorset Blind Association. The 87-year-old great grandmother has been crocheting blankets for charity since 1976 when she retired from her job as the manager…
The Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) encouraged local sixth form students to consider a career in the NHS at a special careers event on Tuesday. The free open day saw around 100 pupils from 12 local schools attend talks by health professionals such as Critical Care Research Nurse Emma Willett and the Dean of Health and…