Children across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) will be having splashing fun in the sun, as three key paddling pools are set to reopen later this month. Preparations to reopen Redhill paddling pool, The Quomps Splashpark in Christchurch and Hamworthy Park paddling pool this summer are all underway. BCP Council is funding the reopening of […]
Officers investigating an assault on a taxi driver in Poole are issuing an image of two men they would like to identify. At around 2.15am on Saturday 16 March 2024 a taxi driver dropped off two men in Seldown Lane. The driver – aged in his 40s from Poole – noticed that the door to […]
Swimming pools will be able to be filled this summer. The spokesman of the Andalucian Government has finally pronounced the words that the residents of the Costa del Sol have been waiting to hear for months. Minister for Sustainability, Ramón Fernández-Pacheco of the Junta de Andalucia announced on Tuesday May 7 that, “The filling of […]
The municipal swimming pool in Calpe was reopened on May 5, welcoming visitors to start their summer season with free swimming facilities. The pool was shut down in December due to the termination of the contract with the concessionaire and was now finally brought back, opening from 8am until 2pm, with lifeguard and administration service. […]
We're house hunting in our local area and have found a four-bedroom home with a pool in the garden which is roughly 20ft x 13ft, with a deep end of 6ft.
As temperatures soar into the 80s this weekend, people are itching to get outside and into the water. While the Bolivar Aquatic Center is open for business, most pools will be opening Memorial Day weekend. Bolivar Aquatic Center - Open swim on weekends currently, opens for the summer during weekdays next week (check Facebook for []
Introducing food waste collections for Poole and improved simpler recycling are some of the proposals going to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council’s’ Cabinet next week. If approved, these plans will see food waste collections introduced for Poole households and flats in Bournemouth by 31 March 2026. Residents without access to a bin will be offered […]
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a woman was reportedly assaulted and her phone was stolen in Poole. It was reported that the victim, a woman aged in her 50s who uses a wheelchair, was approached by a man who was known to her outside the former Iceland store in Poole High […]
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A collision involving two vehicles that resulted in a car fire occurred following the sighting of a swan on a dual carriageway. Firefighters and police were summoned to the A3049 Dorset Way, Poole, shortly before 08:00 BST. Dorset Police reported that those implicated in the collision, near Mannings Heath roundabout, sustained minor injuries. Dorset & […]
Less than a hundred kilos of human weight, more than two metric tons of steel: individual road transport is a huge climate killer, and switching to electric vehicles is only part of the solution because manufacturing the vehicles also causes emissions.