Back in March this year, a team of volunteers was recruited to raise money for Oxfam, carrying on from last year’s fantastic efforts from the Oxjam Bournemouth team. A personnel tweak or two here and there plus a huge amount of effort, enthusiasm and commitment has resulted in an incredible £6300 being raised so far. ...

Over the next six weeks we’ll be mentioning the Boscombe Community Fair more than once. If the weather is kind this year’s event looks like being something very special, featuring (with very few exceptions) the cream of our local talent as well as some carefully selected festival favourites. Most importantly, this is a community based ...

Having sat through forty acts at last weekend’s Dorset Music Award Heats, and been given some of the responsibility of choosing who progressed to the next round, we shall be watching very closely as the competition unfolds and develops over the coming months. Losing twenty out of the forty wasn’t an easy task. Watching well ...

Without doubt one of the event highlights from last year was the inaugural Bournemouth Ink Tattoo Convention, held at the Opera House (now O2 Academy) in Boscombe. This year’s event looks like being even bigger and better, having moved to the BIC. For those unaware of what’s on offer, there’s far more than ink on ...