Parents of children who attend Queen’s Park pre-school have expressed their anger over the two week closure of the school. They were met with a sign last Monday stating that the pre-school had been closed due to “unforeseen circumstances”, initially blaming staff sickness. The pre-school have followed up, saying that they are going through a […]
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Wake up to Death
We may not wish to talk about what happens to us after we die, but there is much to be considered. It’s Halloween and fittingly, death is on the agenda at Bournemouth’s Death Café in Southbourne. Eight of us, including those from the funeral industries, sit around a pub table, surrounded by lit pumpkins, in […]
CPR feature: “They’re effectively dead, you can’t do any more damage”
Thirty thousand people suffer cardiac arrests outside hospital in the UK each year. Josh Wilde investigates why fewer than one in ten survive Amanda Hobbs glances into her garden and comments on the rare fine weather as afternoon sun bathes her dining room in a soft yellow glow. Picture frames catch the light as they […]
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 […]