Dame Vera Lynn replies to local care home
When residents of Colten Care’s Canford Chase home decided to send Dame Vera Lynn a card to celebrate her 103rd birthday, they hadn’t expected to get a reply.
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Sandbanks Ferry puts measures in place for return to service
Health and safety measures will be in place when the Sandbanks Ferry returns to service on Wednesday 17 June following the completion of annual maintenance and refit works and in anticipation of an increase in passenger numbers.
Baden-Powell statue to be removed today
The statue of Robert Baden-Powell is being removed from Poole Quay today, Thursday 11 June and will be put in safe storage.
Major works to begin soon at Boundary Roundabout
A cash injection of £1.6m by Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (Dorset LEP) plus £313,400 from BCP Council, will enable work to start this summer on the Boundary roundabout, which is at the east end of Wallisdown Road.
‘Signs of the times’ as more shops open in the BCP area
Almost 1,500 signs indicating ‘Keep Left’ and ‘Keep Your Distance’ are being erected in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council area as more shops prepare to reopen on 15 June.
Julia’s House charity shop to re-open
Julia’s House is preparing to re-open its flagship superstore at Creekmoor’s Neighbourhood Centre on Monday 15 June.
Display yellow ribbons to remember loved ones
You don’t have to find ‘an old oak tree’ in order to display a yellow ribbon to remember someone who has died.
Poole Lifeboat crews continue to be in demand
With the fine weather continuing in Dorset, there has been no respite for the RNLI crews.
Home library service reintroduced
If there is one thing housebound people need during the Covid-19 restrictions it is a good book.
Poole in Bloom returning for 2020
Covid-19 hasn’t resulted in the cancellation of all local events this summer, with Poole in Bloom returning for 2020 after a gap of nine years.