Dorset Wildlife Trust has received a £22,260 grant for improvements on Brownsea Island. The project, known as ‘Wild Brownsea’, aims to improve accessibility on the island in a sustainable way. The grant is part of the Wytch Farm Landscape and Access Enhancement Fund, which aims to enhance the landscape around the Wytch Farm oil field. […]
People of Bournemouth share their views on driving age limit
The people of Bournemouth have mixed views on whether there should be an upper-age limit for driving. Buzz News went to the Town Centre following the Duke of Edinburgh’s accident on Thursday evening, which he escaped from unharmed. You can see what people think below. Currently, there is no maximum age of driving, but drivers […]
AFC Bournemouth Academy coach heaps praise on hat-trick hero Scrimshaw
AFC Bournemouth Under-18s manager Alan Connell has said that Jake Scrimshaw, who is the Academy’s top scorer this season, is a “lethal threat” up-front. Connell was speaking exclusively to Buzz News reporter Stephen Wright following the Cherries emphatic 3-0 win over Oxford United in the FA Youth Cup Fourth Round on Wednesday. Oxford have already […]
Bournemouth baristas react to report that claims 60% of coffee will go extinct
Bournemouth-based baristas are worried over a new report that claims half of the world’s coffee plants could go extinct. A report from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, published in Science Advance, claimed that 60% of the 124 known species of wild coffee are at risk of dying out. A further report, in Global Change Biology, goes […]
“It’s not behaviour I would encourage” – AFC Bournemouth coach on Marcelo Bielsa’s spy tactics
AFC Bournemouth Academy coach Alan Connell has given his view on the ethics surrounding Spygate, after Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa confessed to sending spies to opposition training sessions. The Bournemouth Under-18s manager accepted that all clubs have their own ways of trying to make the most of marginal gains, but from a sportsmanship standpoint spying […]
“I think it’s frightening” – shocked West Moors residents react to Ladbrokes robbery
Shocked West Moors residents have reacted to last night’s news that a cleaver-wielding robber held up a local branch of betting shop Ladbrokes. The incident happened at around 8pm yesterday, with the suspect threatening staff with a meat cleaver. He made off with cash from the safe. Buzz News reporter Emily Potter went out to gauge the […]
New figures reveal rise in child obesity figures in Bournemouth, Poole, and Christchurch
More than 560 Year 6 children in Bournemouth, Poole, and Christchurch were classed as obese in 2017/18, according to Public Health England figures. The total number of Year 6 children, aged 10-11, considered obese in the conurbation stands at 566. Of that number, there were 266 children from Bournemouth, 229 from Poole, and 71 from […]
Hamworthy Park paddling pool renovation given green light
Repairs to a paddling pool in Hamworthy Park, Poole, are set to go ahead after Borough of Poole Council agreed to help fund the revamp, costing a total of £350,000. Community group Friends of Hamworthy Park had until Monday 21st January to help raise the money required to carry out the repairs. On Tuesday, Hamworthy […]
Dorset Police issue CCTV appeal for handbag theft
Dorset Police has issued a CCTV image of a man suspected to have stolen a handbag from a Bournemouth store. The man was recorded stealing a handbag, containing a wallet and mobile phone, from a member of staff at Poundland in Boscombe’s Sovereign Centre just before 9am on Friday 9 November. Police Constable Sarah Carpenter, […]
Virtual Reality Arcade opening new venue in Bournemouth’s Richmond Gardens
Bournemouth virtual reality arcade Centre VR has seen enough success that they’ll be opening a bigger branch in February. The arcade full of virtual reality headsets, which allow you to feel like you are in a video game, is currently based in the BH2 complex. The new, bigger location opening will open in the Richmond […]