Month: February 2012
261 posts
Residents query supermarket plan
Applications for three more large supermarkets has been submitted to Christchurch Council this year. Karen Yun speaks to local residents to find out their views on the proposals.
Editor’s pick
Ashley Crowson takes you through today's top stories: from civil unrest in the Middle East, Greece and Tibet to a game launch on Facebook, a timeline of Whitney Houston's life, and an interactive interview with the band, The Correspondents.
Dorset gets in touch with its roots
The Dorset Family History Society is offering research advice at Poole Central Library from today until Thursday and at Hamworthy Library on Wednesday and Friday. The programme is part of the Poole's Local and Family History Week that begins today. Prasanth Aby Thomas went down there to see how Dorset was getting in touch with its roots.
‘We make music by passing things back and forwards – we are correspondents’
The Correspondents are a two-piece band from Wandsworth, London. Their live show is a unique, incendiary blend of costumes, beats, jazz and a treadmill(!) Mark Wilson went to feast his senses on the duo when they played at Mr Kyps in Poole, where Mr Bruce and Chucks answered a few questions.
Didn’t she almost have it all!
Few singers have been gifted with a voice as glorious as Whitney Houston. Her death at age 48 will surely send her albums back into the charts and introduce her music back for a generation who never saw her at the peak of her success, in the 1990s. Laura Curtis looks at the extraordinary life that she led.
Sunny Poole on a winter day
A photo essay created by Andria Archontides reflecting the sunny area of Poole on a winter's day.
The fight for a free Tibet: Storify
Tibetan resistance against Chinese authorities have increased in recent times. Access to the region is restricted for most mainstream media. Much of the international social networking sites are banned in the region as well. Prasanth Aby Thomas A look at the range of protests through social media.
Violence in Syria amid terrorism claims: Storify
In Syria it seems that a media and propaganda war is raging alongside the violence and repression. Theses are the Tweets and Facebook posts, claims and counterclaims compiled by Ashley Crowson following the bomb blasts in Aleppo on Friday.
Top tips for single girls on Valentine’s
Tomorrow “Single’s Awareness Day” rolls around. And while being surrounded by all things chocolate and heart-shaped this day doesn’t have to be a miserable one. Laura Curtis give you singletons some tips on how to survive the day.