Day: May 7, 2014

Ferndown town centre retailers have dressed their shops with purple displays and used purple balloons to create a river of purple through the town to show their support for Cancer Research UK, and to promote the launch of the 7th Bournemouth & East Dorset Relay For Life. One of the Relay For Life volunteer organisers,…

John Brathertone from Fordingbridge is one of six lucky teens who won a place on this year’s MDL Sail Training Awards are now back on dry land, after setting sail from MDL’s Ocean Village Marina on 16 April for six days at sea. The MDL-sponsored awards, which have been running for over 20 years, offer…

Chairman of the Heatherlands Centre, John Hanrahan wrote to thank Ferndown Town Council for a grant of £150 which was presented on 1 May to the Soft Play Group based in the centre. John helps run the Soft Play Group and said the grant would go a long way towards buying new soft play equipment.

Bournemouth is calling all elite cyclists, casual leisure riders and peddle power enthusiasts, the  Wheels Night Ride taking place on Monday 26 May from 6.30pm, is set to be a celebration of cycling. Part of the Bournemouth Wheels Festival, which takes place along the seafront, East Overcliff, town centre and the Lower Gardens from 24 to…

The National Motor Museum, Beaulieu is celebrating a successful challenge to break the World Record for the Longest Line of Toy Cars. Volunteers took ten hours to lay the staggering line of 24,189 toy cars which snaked 1.91km around the motor museum and the picturesque grounds outside. While holidaymakers were stuck in Bank Holiday traffic, the…