Hotels announce record breaking ‘Net a Duck’ event for charity

Bournemouth’s Cumberland and Marsham Court Hotels have come up with a totally quackers charity event. On September 17, The Cumberland’s outdoor swimming pool will be filled with 950 rubber ducks – ready for the ‘World’s Biggest Net a Duck’ event. Each duck will be numbered and will win whoever nets it a prize, ranging from a day out, to a … Read More

Quarter of a million pound cancer donor chooses the betty bus

American Steve Blonstein, who donated quarter of a million pounds to Dorset cancer charities, has unveiled the county’s first ‘Betty Bus’. Californian airfield GM Steve contacted Dorset Cancer Care Foundation two years ago and made them the shock offer of £250,000 from his late aunt’s will. Having spent part of his childhood in Dorset, he wanted the money to be … Read More