Bournemouth has attained the top spot in TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice awards for best beach for the second consecutive year – at the same time as being recognised as the 6th best in Europe and 20th in the world!
Bournemouth boasts an expansive, seven-mile stretch of golden sand nestled beneath a...
“It’s all about connections, belonging and support”– Poole local hails the power of community and encourages more people to join in
A mum who brought her community together during the pandemic for celebrations and mutual support is calling on more local people to reach out and start making a difference where they live....
50 of the Most Beautiful Places in the UK
50. Port Sunlight, the Wirral – England
Port Sunlight was originally built by the Lever brothers to house workers in the Lever’s Sunlight Soap factory (now Unilever) and is now a place to take in beautiful architecture, history, art, and nature. The...
Purbeck has had a successful stone industry for centuries and continues today with a number of active quarries. The Portland and Purbeck limestone of late Jurassic and early Cretaceous age (140-150 million years old) is exploited for example at Swanworth Quarry and Keates Quarry near Worth Matravers and Langton Matravers respectively. The stone...
National Fitness Day is celebrated on 23rd September and, as an advocate of getting active to improve mental health, local charity Dorset Mind is excited to announce a new partnership with New Body Fitness Gyms. Based in Bridport and Weymouth, the partners will work together to promote the benefits of fitness for improving mental health and creating a positive mindset. The gym hopes to raise mental health awareness and...
Bournemouth Borough Council and Borough of Poole Council have partnered with preferred operator Beryl to deliver an innovative Bike Share scheme across the conurbation.
The Councils and Beryl have partnered for a five-year contract to provide Bike Share across Bournemouth and Poole. The distinctive emerald green bikes will soon be...
As part of its ‘Get Set To Go’ programme, Dorset Mind has partnered with Resurface to provide an affordable 12-week course of structured activity. It’s aimed at adults aged 30+, who want to improve their mental wellbeing.
The ethos behind Resurface is to utilise proven therapeutic benefits of surfing, yoga and cold-water immersion to offer a lifestyle activity programme for people looking to improve their mental health and quality of life.
Starting on the...
Who was Thomas Cook?
Thomas Cook was a British businessman who is widely recognised as the founder of the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son. He was born on November 22, 1808, in Melbourne, Derbyshire, England, and died on July 18, 1892, in Leicester, England.
In the mid-19th century, Thomas Cook...
‘Get a bicycle, you will not regret it, if you live! ‘ wrote Mark Twain. His cynicism is understandable considering the not so comfortable ‘High Wheeler’ he would have been exposed to. Hey, Mark, the bike is always the right choice, isn’t it?
It’s green, healthy, easy, painless and a...
There are three ways to drive the Jaguar E-Pace. As a manual, an automatic or with paddle shifts. So much choice should ensure that the driver never gets bored.
The E-Pace is the F-Pace’s smaller brother. And as with young siblings, I speak from experience, they have to be watched...
