£1,300 raised after friend’s cancer diagnosis
A woman whose friend was recently diagnosed with cancer has raised over £1,300 for Bournemouth Hospital Charity.
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Olympic athletes lead free day of fun at Ferndown Leisure
Ferndown Leisure Centre will be hosting a Zoggs ‘Oceans of Fun Day’ on Saturday 13 June to encourage and inspire more children to get involved in aquatic sports.
Young people take over at Borough of Poole
Young people from Poole will get the chance to go behind the scenes at Borough of Poole, as they take on a variety of council jobs in support of National Takeover Day. From 8 – 12 June, young people from the local area will be working alongside a number of different council departments to get…
Special opening at Wimborne’s Priest’s House
To celebrate Wimborne Minster Folk Festival, the Priest’s House Museum & Garden in Wimborne Minster will be open on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14June, 10am to 4.30pm, for the special admission price of £1 (children free). Visitors can discover the stunning Roman wall paintings, the fascinating childhood gallery and a unique Victorian Valentine card collection…
Turn Bournemouth prom pink
More than 450 walkers have signed up to take part in Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s Twilight Walk for Women tonight (Friday 5 June). The Klaxons’ bass guitarist and singer, Jamie Reynolds, will officially start the event at 8pm, raising money for medical equipment for the new Jigsaw Building at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH). The building…
Congratulations Matt Black and Jon Cox!
Matt Black and his manager Jon Cox completed their mammoth fundraising three legged bike ride from John O’Groats to Lands End between 4 and 25 May.
Generosity flies to help Cancer Research UK
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, today begins its second month-long on-board collection this year to raise vital research funds for its chosen charity partner, Cancer Research UK. In February, generous passengers raised over £35,000 boosting the total amount raised by Flybe passengers and staff since 2009 to more than £500,000. Passengers on all of the…
Record number attend grading test
Stephen Lamberth’s Schools Tae Kwon Do and Self Defence has just had a record number of new beginners attend their very first grading test. There were 22 boys, girls, men and women aged from 4-65 at the grading and they were tested on beginner level movements that they had practised in class. Stephen said, “To…
£11m extension handed over
Hertfordshire based construction company Willmott Dixon formally handed over an £11m Bournemouth & Poole College extension at North Road, Poole, to principal Lawrence Vincent this week. This completed a new milestone in the 100 year history of the college.
Food and Happiness in the High Street
Highcliffe celebrated its first food festival in high style on 16 May. With events for all the family including cake competitions, ice-cream, cakes, hog roasts, bouncy castles, beer, a town crier and locally run businesses showing their wares, as well as those from further afield in Hampshire and the rest of Dorset, the event was deemed…
