Category: Dorset

Token boxes have been introduced in the Emergency Department (ED) at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital so patients can have their say about their care quickly and easily.

Plans to create a natural lake at a Bournemouth academy have come to life thanks to Sembcorp Bournemouth Water (SBW).

Students sold homemade shortbread and cakes at Moyles Court history club’s Poppy Appeal fundraising event, while others helped to organise a ‘dummy grenade’ throwing competition which brought out the competitive element in staff and students alike.

A new policy regarding taxis for hire in Christchurch means that journeys are now safer for anyone calling or hailing a cab in the Borough. The policy, introduced following concerns raised by members of the public, means that all taxi drivers are now required to pass an English language test and a ‘knowledge’ test of…

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is represented in three categories at this year’s Air Ambulance Awards of Excellence.  Paramedics Greg Peacock, Stephen Freeman and Pilot Max Hoskins have been shortlisted for the Special Incident Award.  Dorchester based Keith Wilson is shortlisted for Charity Volunteer of the Year and Dr Farhad Islam (known to many as ‘Izzy’ who is based at Royal…

A local business that specialises in helping people who have thin hair or hair loss is helping staff at a hospice in the techniques required to wash, style and blow dry patient’s hair. Hair Loss Bournemouth, based at hair and beauty salon MWAH Bournemouth is about to start training staff in the art of hair care…

Officers in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a swan was shot in the Throop area of the town. The incident, in which the swan sadly died, happened between 3.35- 3.45pm on Monday 4 November  at Throop Mill Pond. Police Constable Gemma Wallbridge, of Bournemouth police, said: “This…

The Dorset Road Safe ‘No Excuse’ team has launched its Bike Lights initiative in a bid to reduce the number of cycle casualties on the county’s roads. To coincide with the darker nights, police officers will be actively stopping cyclists found riding without lights. Children and young people will be issued with a suitable warning…

160 sheep have been stolen near Wareham. The animals disappeared between 8am on Saturday 2 November and 2.30pm on 4 November from a field next to the A352 between Wool and East Stoke. Police Constable Adam Taylor, of Wareham police, said: “The thieves would have needed a good understanding of livestock and used a large…