Month: August 2021

Future regeneration plans for Boscombe took centre stage in a visit recently by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick MP. Mr Jenrick went on a walking tour of the area accompanied by BCP Council Lead CouncillorDrew Mellor and Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Regeneration Councillor Philip Broadhead. They were accompanied by Chief Executive Graham Farrant, local MP Tobias Ellwood and AFC Bournemouth Chairman Jeff Mostyn who spearheaded the successful multi-agency My Towns Fund Board bit for £22 million announced earlier this year. During the visit he was shown key sites such as the Royal Arcade and precinct, informed about how the ambitious plans for the area will be delivered and discussed the council's biggest ambitions for the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area as a whole.…

Visit https://festivalcoastlive.co.uk/schedule/ to check out what’s on.

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Poole played a key role during the World War II, the flying boats connecting us to the world, Dunkirk small boats, raiding parties, D-Day trials and being one of the largest embarkation points for D-Day itself. The Society for Poole is organising the event on the Quay which commemorates the 75+1 anniversary of the end of the war and depicts some of the stories of the town. The organisers are expecting for 5,000 people to attend and with good weather planned this may actually happen. See image below for more information.

A bold and colourful programme of outdoor activities and events is planned across BCP this summer. Introducing pop-up events by local performers, Festival Coast Live! Will also highlight the diverse spectacle of events and activities that happen each year, including the unmissable Bournemouth Air Festival, Christchurch Food Festival, and Poole Quay Fireworks, which are all lined up to celebrate and showcase our coast as the Festival Coast. Visit festivalcoastlive.co.uk to check out what’s on.

“It has been a great honour to have been elected as Dorset’s first Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner. There was a very clear mandate and my mission now is to deliver for the people. My priorities will be to cut crime and anti-social behaviour. We will do that by having more visible community focussed policing. By fighting organised crime, drugs and the violence they bring. We will not forget the hidden harms that can be devastating for our communities – domestic violence, child abuse and fraud and cybercrime.We will put victims and communities first and also look to address some new issues that residents care about such as the legal and safe use of e-scooters and pet theft. [BCP] is well known to me having lived there for part of…

Festival Coast Live is here! There is something for everyone this summer during a summer long fun filled summer extravaganza across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole as Festival Coast Live ratches up the heat to bring music, dance, art, films and more to the Coast with the Most, offering FREE entertainment to both locals and holidaymakers alike. The last 18 months have been tough for everyone and it is this that inspired the Conservative led administration on BCP council to approve a further £750,000 into the existing cultural budget as a way of bringing all our communities and towns together, further enhancing our reputation as a world class city region showcasing ambition and helping bring confidence back to local business.   Festival Coast Live! is a FREE event led by Conservative Councillor Beverley…

Residents and visitors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole will be benefitting from a cleaner journey along the Wessex Way with overnight maintenance works due to take place on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 August from the Cooper Dean flyover to the County Gates. BCP Council will be cutting back the grass verges, clearing gullies as well as the central reservation, picking up litter and undertaking other essential highways maintenance works as part of the ongoing work on the council’s resilient network, under the Cleaner, Greener, Safer campaign which aims to install a sense of pride in place. The work will take place overnight for seven hours on both nights to minimise disruption to traffic, with the dual carriageway closed from 8.30pm depending on traffic counts. This will allow the teams…

Over the last few months, local residents have benefitted from enhancements across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole as part of our Cleaner, Greener, Safer campaign, that aims to bring back a sense of pride across the area. Leader of BCP Council, Councillor Drew Mellor commented: “One of our main priorities is to make Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole cleaner, greener and safer for every single resident, business and visitor to our area. We want people to have a sense of pride in their place and the work the panel are undertaking will help us understand how we can transform our city region into one of the best coastal places in the world in which to live, work, invest and play. Cllr Mellor said: “Our trial approach to grass management (through the ‘Let…