Bournemouth’s Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum has been given a large grant of £115,000 for its Reinterpretation and Reconnecting Project. The investment into the museum was made by the DCMS / Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement fund. The programme of improvement will conserve and refresh three rooms in the museum which boast some of the […]
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THE BIG BREXIT VOTE – What can we expect?
Today, MPs are going to Westminster to vote on Theresa May’s Brexit plan. There will certainly be a large divide as who will be voting what in the House of Commons this evening, the Labour party are set to oppose the deal with 255 of their MPs expected to vote against. The majority of the […]
UPDATE: Police release CCTV footage of woman they want to speak to
Dorset Police have released an image from CCTV of a woman that they want to speak to. This is in relation to an altercation outside of a club in Bournemouth. The incident took place place at the Kinson Conservative Club in Bournemouth. Police were called to the venue at just after 10pm after reports of a […]
Help find missing teen in Bournemouth
Bournemouth police are appealing to the public to help find missing 17 year old Curtis Evans. Curtis disappeared from an address on Alumhurst Road at 7pm on Monday 14 January. He has not been seen and has not attempted to contact anyone since he went missing. Curtis is a white male, five feet eight inches […]
UPDATE: Police find missing Dorset man safe and well
Dorset police have found missing Dorset man, David Loose. A 36-year-old went missing from Shaftesbury Close, West Moors, at around 9pm yesterday had been found safe and well by Police. The man has returned home and the police have thanked the public for sharing their appeal. It was reported to the police at 11:27pm. A […]
World Dance Championships come to Bournemouth tomorrow
Get your dancing shoes on – the first day of the UK Open to the World Dance Championships will be hitting Bournemouth tomorrow. Dancers will be competing for victory tomorrow in the first round of competitions at the Bournemouth International Centre. Organised by Dance News Limited, the ‘Rising Stars’ Championships kick off the next three […]
Volunteer fair hosted by Poole Borough Council
Poole Borough Council is hosting a volunteer fair this week in the hope that it will encourage people to give their free time to help charities. Running daily from 9:30am-4pm until the 17th, attendees can expect to find stalls from over fifty charities all offering different opportunities ranging from shop work, to working with the […]
Revealed: the state of Bournemouth’s sexual health on National Sexually Transmitted Infection Day
A health expert has labelled Bournemouth’s sexually transmitted infection rate as “awful”. Speaking on National STIQ Day, Samantha Dawson of the Body Positive Clinic in Dorset said: “Our STI rates [in Bournemouth] are awful. We’re actually highly prevalent for HIV as well. “People are happy enough to go out and have sex, but for some unknown […]
Local trade affected as technical faults keep Sandbanks ferry out of action
Ongoing repair works on the Sandbanks ferry is taking its toll on local trade, a local shop owner has admitted. The service is expected to remain out of action for at least another week, after a hydraulic leak caused the service to be temporarily halted whilst works continue. The ferry has now only operated on […]
Dorset Police investigation launched after naked man wearing Santa hat approaches woman
Police officers are appealing for witnesses after a local woman, aged in her 50s, was approached by a man wearing nothing except for a purple Santa hat, a beige rucksack and shoes. The incident happened around 4:15pm on January 4th in Rempstone Forest, Corfe Castle, where the man had walked towards her from the opposite direction. […]