CONSULTATION has begun on the final two routes in the £100 million Transforming Cities Fund project for south east Dorset. Details of the two routes – one linking Poole town centre with Ferndown and Wimborne and the other from Merley to Christchurch – have been published ahead of work starting in the coming months. They are the longest of the six planned and, on top of aiming to improve cycle and pedestrian links, include better provision for bus services. The mainly government-funded scheme will see new segregated cyclist and walking routes created alongside new bus shelters with real-time service information and road changes to priorities buses.
Richard Vernon said: “I’m really looking forward to this. “The middle of Bournemouth had lost its way. It’s an iconic building and to see it have new life breathed into it so quickly is a very positive story for the town.” This is great news, especially after the loss of Beales. It sounds like they have some good ideas too. https://t.co/tEe9IzCIMq Ellie Warren (@patchworkbunny) May 10, 2021 Blogger Ellie Warren said: “This is great news, especially after the loss of Beales. “It sounds like they have some good ideas too.” Great news about Bobby’s opening in Bournemouth Town Centre. This combined with the investment of the new five star hotel and it looks like people are willing to risk a few venture attempts. Only takes a couple be a catalyst for area development.
“The parade broke all records. Christchurch City Council organisers estimated it attracted a crowd of more than 100,000, outstripping the 1995 America’s Cup crowd of 60,000. “The large silver cup rode on the leading vehicle, under the watchful eye of minder Steve Lancaster. With him was captain Todd Blackadder, seeming not to notice placards exhorting him to stand for mayor.” Crean wrote that it took the parade more than an hour to inch its way through the central city, as players and team management shook hands with as many supporters as possible. “Stan Goston, 67, had travelled by rail and ferry from Palmerston North to take his four-year-old nephew, Tim Maddock, to the parade. He left 30 years ago but still supports Canterbury.
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Families gather for the 10th anniversary of the Pike River mine disaster at the Atarau memorial near Greymouth. (Video first published November 19, 2020)
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Paul Douglas, Dorset HealthCare’s Covid-19 vaccination programme senior manager, said: “Since we have been operating the COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Bournemouth International Centre, our team has worked very hard, with great enthusiasm. I am very sorry to hear that one of our hard-working nursing team members recently had their e-bike stolen when working. “It had been secured to some railings outside an entrance to the BIC with two padlocks and was the prize possession of its owner, who had saved for some considerable time to buy it as his means of transport to work. “Its theft left its owner devastated by the loss. I cannot believe that someone would chose to carry out such an act against a person who is doing his very best to help protect the community.”