Writer and LGBTQ+ pioneer Sylvia Townsend Warner will be Dorchester’s first non-royal statue of a woman! Following a public vote, the remarkable writer and poet Sylvia Townsend Warner will finally be honoured with a long-overdue statue, enriching Dorchester’s literary and visual heritage. She’ll be the town’s first non-royal statue of a woman, joining the six […]
Repairs to Poole’s Twin Sails bridge are ongoing, with the aim to reopen to vehicles and operate on its regular schedule by the middle of August. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council’s engineers have been working alongside specialist contractors and manufacturers for the last couple of months, as well as undertaking repairs to the inside […]
The impressive Galeón Andalucía is at Poole Quay until 4 August. The ship is 49 metres long, has six decks and seven sails and weighs over 500 tonnes. 26 crew live and work on it. It’s a replica of the ship used by the Spanish during the XVI to XVIII centuries and lined with iroko, […]
Astronauts, aliens and cosmic explorers descended on Dorset at the weekend as the UK’s favourite family festival landed back at Lulworth Castle for an out of this world weekend featuring galaxy-bending headliners Paloma Faith and McFly and a closing UK festival exclusive performance from PETE TONG IBIZA CLASSICS – Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra […]
Camp Bestival 2024, Lulworth Castle – the 16th year of the festival. Astronauts, aliens and cosmic explorers descended on Dorset as the UK’s favourite family festival landed back at Lulworth Castle for an out of this world weekend featuring galaxy-bending headliners Paloma Faith and McFly and a closing UK festival exclusive performance from PETE TONG […]
Over 70 service men and women will march through the streets of Poole on Saturday 4 May as a Royal Navy Warship is granted the Freedom of Poole. The entire Ships Company of HMS Cattistock, led by The Band of His Majesty’s Royal Marines Plymouth, will parade from The Quay in celebration of the ship […]
Ferndown Florist Angela Turner has won Gold at the world famous flower show. She’s exhibiting in the Great Pavilion Floral Creations section – a brand-new category with smaller arrangements, mounted on plinths. The theme for 2024 is ‘colour’ and Angela’s design is called Inner Peace. Recognising the need for calm amongst the chaos, an inner […]
Dorset Blind Association’s annual motor show fundraising event, set against the stunning backdrop of Lulworth Castle will take place on Sunday 12 May. The show is a hugely popular community event for all the family with thousands expected to attend. From classic cars to supercars, modified vehicles to performance cars, there will be over 250 […]
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity has launched a £1.5million fundraising appeal to take the Royal Bournemouth Hospital into the future. The BEACH Appeal is the charity’s biggest ever fundraising appeal to provide additional items for the new six-storey building at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital to help transform healthcare across Dorset. The new building is the […]
Summer is creeping upon us and it’s nearly time to head to the fields for a weekend to remember! The UK’s favourite family festival returns to Lulworth Castle, Dorset (25 – 28 July 2024) with an out of this world line up to match and the festival has today announced the highly anticipated day-by-day lineups, […]
