HAVING just returned from a few days break in Bournemouth I am reading the article about the introduction by BCP of a "tourist tax" and have read about various cities around the world which have already introduced this. How will hotels know when
I JUST wanted to show my support for introducing a tourist tax. Since visiting Venice a few years ago where a tourist tax has been in place for a long time I have always thought a tourist tax is completely necessary, especially in key tourist destinations
MODELS of aeroplanes and gliders used on D-Day are to be shown in a commemorative exhibition in Blandford. Blandford Commemoration Group have announced it will hold an exhibition to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in the
UPTON House Food and Music Festival will return to the edge of Poole Harbour with 'no better way to get into the festival spirit this summer'. This year's Upton House Food and Music Festival has been announced to return to Upton Country Park from
IN your nostalgic look back at Southbourne photos (15/5/24) , I was pleased to notice that the parking in Southbourne Grove in the mid 1970s - featuring among other cars a striking red Fiat 125 and a vivid lime green Volvo - was as it is today ; no
HALL & Woodhouse, the Blandford-based brewery, has been named as one of the best places to work in the UK. It joins other Dorset-based firms including marketing agency Halo Associates and Heartwood Collections in the Sunday Times and WorkL, best
PLANS for a new decking at a quayside restaurant have been approved. As reported, the new owners of La Lupa lodged the proposal to add the temporary decking in the car park of the restaurant at Poole Quay earlier this year. Now, BCP Council
CHERRIES’ final Premier League game of the 2023/24 season has been selected for television coverage, with AFC Bournemouth set to face Chelsea in front of the Sky Sports cameras. Andoni Iraola’s charges travel to London to face Chelsea at Stamford
FUTURE consultations carried out could be meaningless if the results on Poole Park are not followed, a meeting heard. The month-long consultation asking residents about the future of Poole Park’s Whitecliff saw 63 per cent of respondents want
MOTORCYCLISTS will take part in one of the biggest rides in the world this weekend as the Distinguished Gentleman’s Bike Ride returns for its 11th year. Last year’s ride was the largest in the UK and fifth largest worldwide out of nearly 900
TEMPORARY two-way traffic lights are to last until July along a Bournemouth road. SGN will be carrying out work in Clifton Road, near Southbourne Overcliff Drive next to Gordons zig zag footpath from Tuesday, May 28. Workmen will be replacing
MONKEY World has taken in a monkey that hit national headlines when it was found in a Wolverhampton conservatory. Marcel, a Geoffroy’s marmoset, has been rehomed by the Bovington-based rescue centre but was showing clear signs of nutritional bone
A “GREAT officer and a true gentleman” who served the country for more than 40 years has died aged 87. Major Barry Andrews was a popular figure to all he knew, his wife of 37 years Diana said, and not just in West Moors where he lived but far
A wealth management and professional services group has appointed a new financial planner and leader of its Bournemouth financial planning team. Evelyn Partners, a wealth management and professional services group, has appointed Danielle Pearce
A SCHOOLGIRL was approached by an unknown man in the second suspicious incident in two weeks. The girl was walking along the road when a man suddenly pulled up alongside her in a silver hatchback car. The man then reportedly threw a dark blue
A MUM of two is infuriated after a Bournemouth school announced it is changing its school uniform policy, claiming it will cost the school roughly £17,000. Stourfield Junior School in Stourvale Road, Southbourne, will introduce a new school uniform
THE following cases were heard at Poole Magistrates' Court: ALFIE LESLIE, 19 and of no fixed address, admitted possession of a knife blade / sharp pointed article in a public place after being found with a large kitchen knife at Christchurch Railway
'ONE of the UK’s most exciting new folk duos’ is lined up to play in Poole. Good Habits will take to the stage at Lighthouse Poole on Wednesday, May 22. Their award winning, genre-fusing sound has received international critical acclaim in
CHRISTCHURCH Town Council has objected to revised plans for a new chalet bungalow in Mudeford. The town council said the updated scheme “still fails to address the objections raised” over the last. Permission is being sought to build a chalet
A CAFÉ centred around freshly roasted Malawian coffee is opening in Westbourne. The Maravi and Wellness brand will open its new branch in Poole Road "very soon". Maravi was first launched in Malawi in south east Africa, but has since been introduced
WIMBORNE Minster has been named host for one of 29 international Saying Goodbye services held this year. The Saying Goodbye services were launched by the Mariposa Trust to provide support to the 30,000,000 individuals, couples and families affected
THE town mayor has opened a new allotment site in Ringwood. Councillor Gareth DeBoos officially opened the new allotment site at Crow Arch Lane in Ringwood on Tuesday, in the presence of fellow town councillors and allotment tenants. Ringwood
RESIDENTS at a Ferndown care home have knitted tiny woollen blankets to make life more comfortable for kittens and older cats waiting to be rehomed. The ladies from Colten Care’s Amberwood House made 30 gift-wrapped blankets from individual squares
A MULTI-platinum selling artist has added a Bournemouth venue to his tour of the UK. Alfie Boe will now be playing at the Bournemouth Pavilion on Thursday, July 4, as part of his ‘Encore’ 2024 tour. High demand for tickets saw the singer announce
A BOSCOMBE care home is under threat of closure and needs 'significant investment' to meet the quality of care required for residents. BCP Council has confirmed that Fairways Care Home, owned by Tricuro, on Owls Road, Boscombe, is at risk of closure
