A woman has been found guilty of the murder of Phillip Nicholson who was found dead in a flat in Boscombe.
Isabella Gossling, 20 and of Bournemouth, was convicted yesterday at Winchester Crown Court following a week-long trial.
The Queen’s representative in the county, Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant, recently presented Dorset HealthCare with a Silver Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Award (ERS), in recognition of the recent corporate covenant pledge which demonstrates the Trust’s commitment to better support and enhance the care available to veterans living in Dorset.
A £25 million scheme to transform an historic East Dorset abbey and grounds is due to get underway next month (January).
Property developer Ankers & Rawlings will begin work at Stapehill Abbey near Wimborne after purchasing the former home of Cistercian Trappist nuns.
Ferndown Leisure Centre swimming pool is more accessible to people with mobility difficulties following the arrival of a new set of steps. They were fitted on 4 December to aid entry into the pool by way of a gentle gradient and this will, in most cases, avoid the use of the hoist.
Father Christmas arrives in the nick of time! There was mild panic at Green Cottage Riding for the Disabled group in Three Legged Cross this morning (3 December). Father Christmas was due to visit, but he got delayed because his reindeer were fighting. Luckily he turned up just before everyone went home and managed to…
Chris Woollams, creator of The Rainbow Diet, has collaborated with leading nutritionist, Barbara Cox, to create a new recipe book promoting long-term health that hits shelves this December. An inspirational new recipe book is expected to improve people’s health by encouraging them to consume meals high in disease-fighting, immune-boosting, pigment-rich ingredients. Rainbow Recipes is the…
Ferndown Upper School are East Dorset Badminton champions after beating Queen Elizabeth and Canford School teams, and are now through to the county finals. The doubles and singles tournaments took place on 2 December and resulted in Ferndown collecting medals in both the boys’ and the girls’ categories. Individual highlights included Abi Wheetman winning her…
Award-winning author Sue Hampton visited King’s Park Academy in Bournemouth after being invited by pupil, and fellow alopecia sufferer, Molly Milligan. Year six pupil Molly wrote to Sue to ask for her help in raising awareness of alopecia, a condition which covers all types of hair loss from temporary loss to sudden and complete baldness.…
Children from Ferndown First School were treated to a ‘Bug Busters’ workshop courtesy of Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital and AFC Bournemouth, where they discovered how to stop the spread of germs. The campaign runs across schools throughout Dorset and is a joint partnership programme between Nuffield Health and AFC Bournemouth. In the sessions schoolchildren learn…
The Bournemouth-based national charity Round Table Children’s Wish (RTCW) is on the hunt for ladies’ shoes to raise funds to grant wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses.
