The team at Haskins Garden Centres at Ferndown have often wondered where the thousands of plants sold each year go and how they enhance people’s gardens. Through the company’s website, with the incentive of winning some gift cards, customers have been sending photos of the gardens which inspire and give other gardeners ideas. Lisa Looker,…
Poole-based telecommunications firm VoIP Unlimited will be sponsoring the free Social Wi-Fi next week for Bournemouth Air Show visitors. Now in its seventh year, the Bournemouth Air Festival has welcomed more than 5.8million people to the area since 2008. Network points are being powered up between key landmarks along Bournemouth and Boscombe piers to provide…
Dorset’s disability charity, Diverse Abilities Plus, has received a leisure grant of £995 from Borough of Poole. The grant will support the charity’s Coping with CHAOS service to deliver supported gym and trampolining for disabled children and their siblings in Poole during the school holidays as part of its play opportunity sessions. The service, which…
Dorset Police is working with partners, particularly Bournemouth Borough Council, to prepare for two protests planned in the town this Saturday (23 August), one by the English Defence League and a counter-protest by various groups coordinated by Unite the Union. Public authorities have a legal obligation to facilitate peaceful protest, even when it involves some…
A new film showcasing how a Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) ward has been renovated to improve the environment for patients with dementia is now available to view on the Trust website. The four minute piece speaks to the people behind the refurbishment of Ward 26 and focuses on what has been done to improve the…
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) Chesil Beach Centre will be hosting the launch of a new children’s book called ‘Bizzy the Blenny and the Treasure of the Fleet Lagoon’, written by local artist, Nicola Dennis and Chesil Centre officer, Marc Smith.
The book will be launched at the centre on Wednesday 27 August, where Bizzy will be making a special appearance for a book reading at 1pm, and Nicola will be available to sign books and talk about her art.
Borough of Poole is looking to take legal action to prevent party house activities at three properties in Poole. Acting on complaints from local residents about noise and anti-social behaviour, the council has carried out investigations into six residential properties in Poole. There are a number of ways the council can consider taking action against…
Queen Elizabeth’s School is delighted with the success of its students who achieved an exceptional set of results in their GCSE examinations: 81% of all students gained an A*-C in English with 75% gaining an A*-C in maths. Those achieving at least 5 A*- C including English and maths, the standard by which most schools…
Review by Liz Turner You can’t help but love Annie Get Your Gun. With a score packed with classic hits from Irving Berlin, this musical is from a time when technology was not king. You can’t imagine Miss Saigon, Les Mis or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory without the electronic wizardry that seems to be…
Andrew Sill, a 16-year-old student from Ferndown Upper School, has spent his summer holiday working in a new role as ambassador at his local leisure centre to promote disability sports.
“I am aware through struggling to find local disability sports how difficult this is,” says Andrew who has cerebral palsy.
