Year: 2015

Mr Lloyd Rayner has been appointed deputy musical director of the Ringwood and Burley Band. He is currently assisting the current musical director Steve Block, but will take the position of musical director when Steve leaves the band during the summer. Having started his musical career with the Ringwood and Burley Band at the age…

There’s a rare chance to see artists at work this summer when South West Artwork takes over the Gallery at Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts, and hosts Open House. For eight weeks SWA artists will be at work in a natural studio environment, working collaboratively, using the space as their studios, creating an exhibitions…

A fire on Canford Heath which damaged approximately two hectares of heath is thought to have been started deliberately.

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a robbery that happened at around 12.05am on Wednesday 8 April as the victim was walking in Churchill Road, Poole at the junction with Cromwell Road carrying two guitars. Three men approached the victim, threatened him and demanded he hand over his possessions. The victim, a…

Poole’s new junior school, being built on the former Fourways site on Constitution Hill Road, is on schedule to be completed this summer. Ocean Academy Poole will be a three form entry (90 pupils) junior school, run by Aspirations Academies Trust. It will open in September 2015 to Year 3 only, growing year on year…

FTSE 250 company Pennon Group Plc today announced that it has acquired Bournemouth Water from Singapore-based Sembcorp for a cash consideration of £100.3 million. Pennon Group Plc is an environmental utility infrastructure company which owns South West Water Limited and Viridor Limited. The Group has assets of around £5 billion and a workforce of around…

It must be the coolest world record. Rory Fitzgerald has just taken the title as the fastest person aged over 50 for ice swimming. He won the title while competing in Russia in a lake 0.8º C where he also became the British record holder. Rory, who is the Responsible Finance Officer for Ringwood Town…