The number of takeaways along Winton high-street continues to grow as the number of students in the area rises. Winton lies within walking distance from the University campus. As a result, 3,500 of the 11,500 people currently living in Winton, are students. The high number of students in the area has encouraged more takeaways to […]
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Making Dorset an Arts and Culture Hot-bed. The journey starts today.
The #culturalenquiry2019 campaign starts today, as the Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy look to oversee a cultural transformation in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. On Thursday morning, The Fleming Creative Consultancy presented their culture enquiry plan to a board including three Councils, Two Universities, a Local Enterprise Partnership and a Symphony Orchestra supported by Arts Council England. […]
Canford School awaits approval for diverted public footpath
Dorset’s independent school, Canford School has applied to Poole Council to move a footpath running through their grounds due to four areas of concern: Security issues with trespass, vandalism and theft Darkness of the path for walkers Dog walkers and dogs off leads in areas that children play and mess from dog-walkers despite there being […]
Ex Tory MP Michael Portillo talks Brexit live at The Lighthouse in Poole
Tonight Ex member of parliament Michael Portillo performed a live talk and Q&A from the Lighthouse Arts Centre in Poole. Mr Portillo, now TV broadcaster shared old political stories as well as anecdotes from his life to a large audience. One of the hot topics of conversation tonight was Brexit, with most of the audience […]
Ola Taxi will now operate in Bournemouth
Bournemouth Borough Council’s licensing board made the decision this morning to pass Ola’s application, meaning the billion pound taxi network are ready to go. Of Indian origin, Ola Cabs was founded on 3 December 2010 as an online cab aggregator in Mumbai, and is now based in Bangalore. Ola has over 10 million cars operating across […]
Young Men Most At Risk On Bournemouth Roads
Bournemouth is fifth among the worst places for accidents for motorcycles and cyclists in the UK -Buzz News can reveal. The figure comes from a report from Bournemouth Borough Council regarding travel and transport shows that Bournemouth has 711 accidents per million “vulnerable road users”: cyclists, motorcyclists and elderly drivers. Young men are particularly at […]
Extended interview with Angela Pooley
In recent days, the Borough of Poole’s new cycle lanes have been labelled a ‘recipe for disaster’ by Cycling UK. They claim that many of the new lanes around Bournemouth University and the surrounding area have either directed cyclists into oncoming traffic or in the way of pedestrians. Angela Pooley, secretary of Bournemouth Cycling […]