The Bournemouth One News Centre

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• RNLI open day for Boscombe beach

  An RNLI lifeguard open day is taking place on Boscombe beach this weekend. The event on Saturday the thirteenth and Sunday the fourteenth of June will give residents and visitors the chance to meet lifeguards and learn more about their work. Activities will include children’s games, water safety advice, lifeguard rescue demonstrations and sand hole collapse demonstrations across the two days. This year marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the RNLI lifeguard service, with Bournemouth and Poole among the original pilot locations. The RNLI is also reminding anyone heading to the coast to choose a lifeguarded beach and swim between the red and yellow flags.

• Petition launched to save Moordown lollipop man

  A petition has been launched to save a school crossing patrol in Moordown amid concerns BCP Council could remove some patrols to cut costs.

• More seafront bins wanted across Bournemouth

  A petition has been launched calling for more bins along Bournemouth and Boscombe beaches and clifftops.

• Poole Everest challenge supports girls

  A charity challenge in Poole will support girls living in a remote part of Nepal. The Nimsdai Foundation is taking over the Dolphin Centre for its Never Rest Everest Challenge this weekend. Participants will use step machines over twenty four hours, attempting to climb the equivalent height of Everest as many times as possible. The event will raise funds for the Mahila Feeder Girls’ Learning Shelter in Humla, which is home to around twenty girls aged six to seventeen. Members of the public are being encouraged to visit, support the team and learn more about the Foundation’s work.

• Image issued after Bournemouth shop damage

  Police have released an image of a person they want to identify after a shop window was damaged in Bournemouth.