The Gruffalo will be visiting Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, near Ringwood, on 20 and 21 July. The Gruffalo’s visit is part of a weekend of celebrations to mark Moors Valley’s official 25th anniversary. As well as meeting this life-size version of Julia Donaldson’s lovable woodland monster, Gruffalo fans will also be able to…
UK based Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in unique initiative to develop young community leaders of future and global ambassadors for Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital Clipper Ventures, with Sapinda Rainbow and Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund (NMCF), has revealed the eight young South Africans selected to create a ‘tag’ team, each to participate in one…
The Keogh review report released yesterday reports on higher-than-expected death rates at 14 hospital trusts in England. While noting that none of the trusts concerned are in Hampshire, local healthcare consumer body Healthwatch Hampshire commented: “The report clearly demonstrates that there are some hospitals in the NHS that fail patients at the most basic level of…
A raffle and a dog show at the West Moors Family Fun Day on 23 June raised £393. The money was donated to Coping with Chaos, part of the Diverse Abilities Plus group charity. Coping with Chaos is located in Bond Avenue, West Moors and is a parent run organisation that supports families caring for a child…
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a sexual assault on Kinson Common – with an e-fit of the offender being released. The incident, in which a woman was sexually assaulted just off Poole Lane, happened at around 1am on Wednesday 10 July 2013. The woman was…
Wimborne Town FC Junior Premier League (JPL) teams (boys u13s, u14s and u15s) are relishing the prospect of a new challenge for the forthcoming season. Top of the bill and most eagerly awaited will be a clash with the West Bromwich Albion Development centre. Other fantastic fixtures in are: Salisbury City, Bath City, AFC Bournemouth…
Thousands of revellers helped raise more than £3,500 on Sunday for the Breast Care Unit at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. With Highcliffe Castle as a backdrop to the free jazz concert, crowds danced to music from Swing Unlimited Big Band and enjoyed picnics in the sun. An estimated 2,500 people attended the event, with many buying…
On 17 July, Condor Ferries welcomed over 350 guests on board the Condor Vitesse, as the company embarked on its first sailing from Weymouth Port for 17 months. Hundreds of spectators were on hand to wave the vessel off on its way to Guernsey and Jersey, re-opening the historic ferry link between Weymouth and the Channel…
To mark the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ first shows in Bournemouth, on 19 August 1963 when they opened a six-day residency at the Gaumont (now the Odeon) cinema on Westover Road, a new exhibition celebrating their many connections to the town is to open. The Beatles played more shows at the Gaumont than in…
Work could soon be underway to create fifty new family council homes if given the approval by Cabinet on 24 July. Councillors are being asked to approve the construction of the housing scheme in Kinson which would see a mix of two, three and four-bedroom good quality family homes for rent, built on former playing…
