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• We Out Here reveals 2026 acts

  The We Out Here Festival has announced its artists for its twenty twenty six event in East Dorset. The four day festival runs at the end of August at Wimborne Saint Giles and names include Gary Bartz, Joy Crookes, Shabaka and Digable Planets, alongside a tribute to D’Angelo led by Dave Okumu. More acts and a new radio stage concept are still to be revealed.

• Morebus raises £57,700 for Dorset hospitals charity

  Morebus has raised more than fifty seven thousand pounds for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity over two years. The money will support patients at Royal Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch hospitals, funding equipment, research and improvements beyond standard NHS provision. A spokesperson for the bus company said many staff have benefited directly from the charity’s work and were proud to support such a vital local resource. The charity says the total has helped fund special extras including the new maternity department and a new CT scanner in the BEACH Building at Royal Bournemouth Hospital. Morebus will now support Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance for the next two years.

• Council set to expand AI use

  Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council is expanding its use of artificial intelligence to support services, starting with children’s services. Senior officers say the technology is being carefully tested and will not be used for legal documents. The council currently spends around sixty thousand pounds on translation, with savings of forty thousand pounds planned next year through AI support. Councillor Andy Martin says the aim is to improve productivity while keeping staff expertise at the centre of decision making.

• Teens charged after Southbourne beach disorder

  Five teenagers are due in court after reported disorder on Southbourne Beach in Bournemouth. Police were called on the evening of Thursday seventeenth April last year after reports of assaults involving a large group of young people, including one person said to have a hammer. Following a detailed investigation, four seventeen year olds and one eighteen year old, mainly from Poole, have been charged with offences including affray and possession of an offensive weapon. All five are due before Poole Youth Court on Tuesday third March. A senior officer says police remain committed to keeping beaches and public spaces safe.

• Wimborne quiz raises funds for aid

  Supporters in Wimborne have raised more than six hundred pounds for communities facing crisis overseas. The Christian Aid group collected six hundred and twenty pounds at its annual quiz held at Wimborne Methodist Church. Organisers thanked the quizmaster and the church for hosting the event. The money will support Christian Aid partners delivering emergency help and longer term projects.