School administrator Jayne Adamson is about to make a big tick on her ‘bucket list’ by taking part in this month’s London Marathon. Mrs Adamson has been the lead administrator at Tregonwell Academy’s Nigel Bowes campus in Ensbury Avenue, Bournemouth, for 16 years and also celebrates her 60th birthday this year. On 24 April she…
A man has been jailed for 12 years for raping a woman in the grounds of a Bournemouth church. Jason Robert Rogers, 26 and of no fixed abode, was sentenced yesterday, Monday 11 April, at Bournemouth Crown Court for one count of rape. Rogers had also been charged with robbery but was found not guilty at a trial in January. He was found guilty of rape following a retrial at the same court in March.
Here’s something to brighten your Bournemouth bus journey. Yellow Buses has introduced the History Bus and the AFC Bournemouth Bus. These join the award-winning Gallery Bus that has been on the road for more than a year.
Detectives have launched a murder investigation following the death of a baby boy from Boscombe – with one man being arrested. At around 3.30pm on Friday 8 April, police received a report from the ambulance service that a baby had been taken seriously ill at a flat along Carysfort Road. A three-month-old boy had sustained…
Police are warning motorists, in particular tradespeople, to be vigilant following a number of thefts from unattended motor vehicles. Criminals are predominantly targeting commercial vehicles which are parked up in Poole and Bournemouth at any time of the day and night. Over 30 vans have been broken into over a two-month period. Power tools have…
Queen’s Park Golf Course is home to the Bournemouth Open – now in its 65th year. Entries are currently being accepted for competitors in this amateur tournament organised by the BAGC in June. This year, some of the competitions are being held at Meyrick Park Golf Course too.
A nurse from the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) has been nominated for a national award for improving care for cancer patients.
A man has been jailed for a total of four years for committing a string of burglaries at student houses in Bournemouth. Paul Oluyemi, 26 and of Bournemouth, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Wednesday 30 March 2016, after pleading guilty at the same court on 3 March to seven burglaries and…
Join Autism Wessex in Bournemouth Lower Gardens to celebrate World Autism Awareness Month with a charity Duck Race! Ducks can be purchased for just £1.50 each and you can buy as many as you like to be in with the chance of winning great prizes. Prizes will be presented for the fastest three ducks down…
Patients on the Stroke Unit at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital have built 10 bird boxes to encourage wild birds to nest in the grounds.
