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 […]
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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. […]
£475,000 redundancy payout for Bournemouth Borough Council boss
Bournemouth Borough Council will be facing redundancy payouts of £475,000 as the council’s current director, Jane Portman, has announced her departure. Dorset’s nine authorities will soon become two unitary councils in April, and a few candidates have missed out on the council chief executive role in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, which led to the exit […]
NHS long term plan hailed as a “historic moment”
By Ben Coley It has been revealed that the Prime Minister’s new NHS long term plan could save up to 500,000 lives. The 10 year plan arrives as part of the 70th anniversary of the NHS. It has been been hailed by Theresa May as a “truly historic moment.” The plan is focusing on prevention […]
78 year old pensioner dies in car crash in Ashley Heath
A pensioner has died in a car crash in Ashley Heath. The incident happened on Horton Road at Ashley Heath on Saturday at 15:35 GMT. The 78-year-old woman from Southampton died in the crash, which involved a white Volvo V60 and a blue Citroen C4. She was taken to hospital but later died. Her family […]
Riding the artificial wave: The Lagoon
Millions of surfers around the world are wanting to ride the artificial wave and many are now investing millions into artificial wave technology to make their dreams of surfing the perfect wave true. For the video element of my project, I wanted to case study someone who is trying to make their dream a reality. […]
History of Football Refereeing (Timeline)
Football Refereeing hasn’t always been as we know it today, below is a timeline of the history of refereeing from 1863 to 2018.
Dorset referees recall their stories of abuse in grassroots football
Referees in Dorset say they’ve been verbally abused by players, chased to their cars by parents and even threatened with stabbing. After moving from Bedfordshire to Bournemouth, the level 6 Dorset FA referee James Steer who’s only 18, recalled in an Interview a story where a referee colleague of his was threatened to be stabbed […]
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 […]
Age no barrier for Bournemouth’s walking footballers
75 and still playing, a short feature on Bournemouth’s walking footballers and their love for the game…