Football Foundation Ambassador and Sky Sports News anchor, Hayley McQueen, has announced that £1.5m of funding, designed specifically for grassroots clubs to start new teams and qualify more coaches to cater for under-represented groups, is set to open for applications.
Brittany Ferries has chartered a vessel to carry freight between Poole and Bilbao, in northern Spain. A pure RoRo craft, Pelican has the capacity for around one hundred unaccompanied trailers and 12 drivers and will begin service with the company in early February. She comes from shipping company Maritime Nantaise and will operate two round-trips…
Planners have recommended the granting of permission for a wooden sculpture of Stonehenge built in Worth Matravers.
Visiting restrictions have been introduced at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital due to the presence of the sickness and diarrhoea bug norovirus. The incidence of norovirus has increased in the community and this can spread where people are grouped in a close environment, such as hospitals and schools. RBCH is working hard to reduce the spread…
Children in Poole can learn all about computer programming at a new Code Club available at Poole Central Library
Pancake Day on Tuesday 9 February will again see the cobbled area of Church Street in Christchurch transformed into a race track as chefs, business people and local celebrities grab their frying pans and toss their way to victory in pancake races. The Christchurch Food Festival is holding the pancake races on Shrove Tuesday in…
The power… the passion… the perfection Welcome to Oye Santana – four decades’ worth of hits from ‘Black Magic Woman’ and ‘Oye Como Va via Carnaval’, ‘Dance Sister Dance’ and ‘She’s Not There to Smooth’ – played with power, passion and perfection. Prepare yourself for guitar wizardry, keyboard mastery, astonishing vocals and powerhouse brass, and…
An authority on the history of golf equipment is delivering a free talk at Parley Golf Centre.
Officers investigating an incident in which a man was bitten by a dog in Poole have renewed their appeal for witnesses. The incident took place sometime between 9am and 10am on Friday 15 January 2016 along Sandy Lane in the Upton area of the town. The victim – a 70-year-old local man who lives locally…
The New Forest’s first Digi Arc weekend proved hugely popular, with hundreds of children and their families joining experts for a weekend of gaming and archaeology.
