Thames Valley Police is seeking the public’s assistance to locate an 87-year-old man missing from his home in Fulmer Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Conrad Hooper was last seen by his family leaving home at around 1.30pm on Wednesday (18/9). The last sighting of Mr Hooper was at London Marylebone station later that day. Police are…
Nearly 250 runners defied the rain and strong south-westerly winds to run the Second Purbeck Marathon. Bournemouth’s Steven Way defended his title although the winds slowed him to a time of 3.06. The first woman home was Rhiannon Shepherd of Southampton Athletic Club in a time of 3.42. 231 runners started the gruelling event with 223 finishing the race. The final finisher arrived in 6.50, well within the race time limit.
The next generation of minimally invasive surgery will soon be offered to Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s prostate cancer patients using a robot that improves surgical outcomes and enables patients to leave hospital sooner.
Dorset Police Deputy Chief Constable James Vaughan is taking part in a charity abseil to help raise £1000 for the charity ‘Refuge’ which will go towards their £10,000 goal. The DCC has confirmed that he will be participating in the charity abseil for the UK charity ‘Refuge’ as part of #TeamRappel. ‘Refuge’ is a national…
Knocked to the ground by a moped while crossing the road outside The Lions Head pub in Eastcliff, a 29-year-old woman had her mobile phone stolen as she lay injured. Suffering with a fractured collarbone and leg with her possessions beside her, two callous thieves – a man and a woman – stole the phone…
This year saw Oakmeadians Rugby Club celebrate 50 years in the community as Dorset’s first RFU accredited family-friendly rugby club and they started this season, by launching their brand new website, www.oakmeadians-rfc.com They followed this with wins from both the senior men’s team and the senior ladies team. With over 800 members across all age…
The family of Ringwood teenager Jade Clark who died following a collision on the A31 on 24 February 2013 has issued a tribute. The incident, in which her red moped collided with a Volvo XC90 happened on the westbound carriageway near the Ashley Heath roundabout. 16-year-old Jade from Ringwood, was pronounced dead at the scene.…
Officers in Poole are appealing for witnesses after a 15-year-old local girl was sexually assaulted in the town centre. She was walking from Poole bus station through the underpass of Seldown Bridge toward the Dolphin Swimming Pool on Tuesday (17 September) at around 8.15am when the incident happened. She was approached from behind by an…
The patient art group at Lewis-Manning Hospice has been busy creating special pom-poms to decorate its marquee for the ‘Celebrating Women Luncheon’, which is being held there on 11 October 2013 during Breast Cancer Awareness month. As part of its commitment to health and wellbeing, the Poole charity, which offers free specialist palliative nursing care…
Imagine that you must choose one single memory from your life – all else will be erased forever; that choosing this memory is your only way of passing through to eternity. You have one hour to choose and you will re-live that treasured memory afresh, experiencing it as if for the first time over and…
