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NHS Nurses wearing headbands

Local designer provides thousands of headbands for NHS

May 15, 2020 //  by kerrie.hall

After putting her job on hold, fashion designer Hannah Merrie returns to her sewing machine to provide hope to the many brave NHS workers putting their lives on the line daily.

DJ mixes things up with virtual nightclub

May 15, 2020 //  by kerrie.hall

Bournemouth-based entertainer DJ Bizzy is putting a spin on the isolation by bringing the club to people's homes.

Photo shows friendly dinner in missional house where crack cocaine and drugs used to be peddled

Former crack house turned missional-house in Boscombe 

May 15, 2020 //  by Emmanuel Ereyi

Boscombe has its history dotted with stories of crack houses. While the police continues to track down drug peddlers, a charity has converted a former crack house to a community help centre.

Picture of flats

How people living in flats are coping with lockdown

May 8, 2020 //  by Lauren Miles

Four in ten people in Bournemouth live in a flat with no outdoor space.

rough sleeper disappeared on the street

Hundreds of homeless people in BCP were housed thanks to the lockdown

May 8, 2020 //  by minhtrangnguyen

220 homeless people who used to live on the street for years have been given safe shelters with three meals per day and support of essential needs across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Homelessness is expected to end in 2027.

Photo shows young female carer helping an elderly woman in a care home during coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus: What are the worries for care homes?

May 8, 2020 //  by Emmanuel Ereyi

Basketball player cannot find contract due to coronavirus

May 8, 2020 //  by Casuan Caudle

Being a basketball free agent during the off-season under normal conditions can bring quite a bit of uncertainty. Add a worldwide lockdown into the mix, and the future becomes that much more uncertain.

poole in bloom competition 2020

Poole in Bloom 2020 competition – Surprising facts for participants

April 30, 2020 //  by minhtrangnguyen

The focus on mental health improvement or disclosure of the risk of toxicity in growing tree like Rhododendron are facts given to help participants better understand the competition this year.

Woman working from the dinning table at home

Coronavirus: How pandemic has changed our work

April 29, 2020 //  by Emmanuel Ereyi

The usual early morning rush- busy traffic, brisk-walking people and announcements at train stations have quietly vanished. There's "scare" in the streets- Covid-19

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