The Bournemouth One News Centre

All the news you need for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole with travel information and national headlines.

• Family Fest event returns to Wimborne

  Family Fest is returning to farmland near Wimborne this spring for a three day event. The festival runs from Friday the twenty ninth to Sunday the thirty first of May beside the River Stour. Visitors can expect live music, family entertainment, food stalls and local traders across the site. Activities include BMX stunt shows, falconry displays, a petting farm and traditional Punch and Judy performances.

• New Jekyll and Hyde stage show for Bournemouth

  A new theatre production is coming to Bournemouth with a fresh take on the classic Jekyll and Hyde story. Arts University Bournemouth students will perform the adaptation at the Palace Court Theatre from the nineteenth to the twenty first of March. The version places women at the centre of the Victorian thriller and introduces a female doctor investigating the mystery. The production is directed by James Parker and features a largely female cast.

• KT Tunstall set for special Poole gig

  Singer songwriter KT Tunstall will perform at Lighthouse Poole this June as part of special anniversary shows. The Scottish artist first rose to fame after a breakthrough performance on Later with Jools Holland in two thousand and four. Her debut album Eye to the Telescope produced hits including Black Horse and the Cherry Tree and Suddenly I See. The Concert Hall show marks more than two decades since that album helped launch her international career.

• BCP seeks independent member for committee

  BCP Council is looking for an independent member to join its audit and governance committee. The role is designed to support strong standards of openness, accountability and financial oversight. The successful applicant will serve a two year term and help review governance, risk management and performance. Applications must be submitted by email before the fifteenth of March.

• Police investigate Bournemouth shop theft

  Police are investigating after trading cards worth around thirty thousand pounds were stolen from a shop in Bournemouth. The break in happened late in the evening on the fourth of March at premises on Wimborne Road. Several small businesses that store stock in the shop say they have each lost thousands of pounds worth of cards. Dorset Police say enquiries are ongoing and no arrests have been made.