Breaker Special: State of the Region
We sent our reporters across Dorset for this special programme, which reports on the state of education, transport,…
Editor’s blog – 27/02/2012
Welcome to today's edition of The Breaker!
Our reporters went to watch the MSA British Rally Championships on Saturday. Mark Donnelly, a driver from Northern Ireland won his first ever international event in the Renault Clio R3 in a record time of one hour and seven minutes. We've got some exclusive interviews with the drivers - watch them here.
The Boscombe surf reef – what went wrong?
Five years since its inception, with the cost of the project at £3.2m and growing, disappointing reports by surfers and numerous safety problems, the Boscombe surf reef is closed to the public. So, just what went wrong?
Twin Sails Bridge opens for public
Poole’s new Twin Sails Bridge opened for the pubic to walk across after its first lifting on Saturday, 26th February.
BUnique Volunteer Week
Bournemouth University societies teamed up with The Hub for a week between February 20 and 26, in first-ever special event to celebrate achievements and increase student participation.
Twin Sails to open to public
Residents will get a chance to walk across the new Twin Sails Bridge on Saturday 3 February as it opens to the public for the first time.
Outdoor fitness area in Hamworthy
New outdoor fitness and playing equipment has been installed in a childrens park in Hamworthy.
The new facility is open to the public and is situated at the Pavilion end of the recreation ground in Turlin Moore.
Poole RNLI: Busy 2011
Poole RNLI Lifeboat volunteers carried out around 140 call-outs in 2011, making it one of the busiest lifeboat stations in the South West.
Over 2000 people were saved by lifeboat crews and lifeguards across the area in 2011.
Connecting Dorset
Fast broadband access is a top priority for Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which will be launched in April.