The UK’s first mobile shower unit has been revealed in Bournemouth. ‘The Shower Machine’ visits Richmond Hill Andrew’s URC Church in St Stephen’s Road once a week accompanying ‘Hope For Food’s mobile laundry service. Hope For Food founder Claire Matthews initiated the mobile shower after a guy said to her. ‘I’ve got clean clothes but […]
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Hunger Hill roadworks continue
The ongoing £11.7 million road improvements at Townside area between Poole Bridge and Hunger Hill began on October 8 and will take nine months to complete. Works involve the reconfiguration of the Hunger Hill junction for more efficiency. The change of traffic direction is to create more direct and safe routes for pedestrians and cyclists. […]
Dorset’s darts hero progresses into World Championships third round
Scott ‘Scotty Dog’ Mitchell continues his hunt to reclaim the BDO World Championships after defeating Serbia’s Oliver Ferenc in the second round. Mitchell, who still maintains his landscape gardening job in Dorset, raced into a two-set lead without dropping a single leg, completely bulldozing his Serbian opponent. It took until the third set before Ferenc […]
Taxi firm Ola plans to begin operations in Bournemouth
Taxi firm Ola has plans to begin operations in Bournemouth. Since its founding in India in 2011 the company has since expanded to Australia and also has licenses in the South-West of England and South Wales. The firm intends to become ‘an intrinsic part of the transportation ecosystem’. Bournemouth Borough Council has a meeting planned […]
Nutrient supplement could combat Alzheimer’s and dementia
New research suggests that an essential nutrient supplement could help combat and potentially prevent Alzheimer’s in future generations. The research published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry from the US, coincides with new revelations about EastEnders star Dame Barbara Windsor’s battle with Alzheimer’s. The supplement, Choline, is found in most foods like eggs, mushrooms, green vegetables, […]
“London’s cheaper” – huge rent prices lead to vacant shops in Bournemouth
Shopowners are claiming that prohibitively high rent is the reason close to 40 shops sit empty in just one Bournemouth street. A huge variety of shopping spaces sit vacant despite the recent Christmas shopping season, the busiest ever period for the High Street. Locations as varied as a former Marks & Spencers, a nightclub, a […]
New NHS Long Term Plan praised by NHS Dorset
After the NHS launched its ambitious new ten-year plan yesterday, NHS Dorset has voiced its support for the project. The long-term plan suggests that up to 500,000 lives could be saved in the next decade, with greater use of high-tech treatments helping to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and dementia cases. NHS Dorset Clinical Commission Group […]
Poole Town manager insists focus shouldn’t be on him ahead of tonight’s derby
Poole Town welcome Dorchester Town to The Black Gold Stadium in the Southern League tonight. The Dolphins sit 12th in the league with 30 points, just three more than tonight’s opposition, but this game could hold more significance for Poole manager Tom Killick, as the game marks his 800th game in charge of the side. However, Killick […]
Shelter calls for three million homes to be built by 2040
Housing charity Shelter has outlined a plan to ‘reverse the decay of social mobility.’ The review, released today, was commissioned by Shelter in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 and has just been released. The commissioners include Ed Miliband, Baroness Warsi and Edward Daffarn, a Grenfell survivor, as well as 13 others. […]
Veganuary – the latest in new year resolutions
Veganuary is the next new year resolution that more people are getting into. Going vegan for the month of January is the perfect opportunity to establish if going vegan is practical and if the health benefits that many claim to have, are true. Whilst going Vegan has been an increasingly popular lifestyle that has been […]