A Bournemouth hairdresser in training has lost her locks in order to raise money for a cause close to her heart.
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£1,000 raised with haircuts for charity
A charitable hairdresser has already raised nearly £1,000 cutting hair on her days off. Alex Leagas, owner of Rags hairdressers in Bournemouth, has been opening her salon on Mondays and giving all the money that she makes to the British Disabled Waterski and Wakeboard Association.
› Read More‘Starry’ night bedrooms launched at 12 Travelodge hotels
Ceilings of twinkling stars have been added to rooms at Travelodge hotels in Bournemouth and sites throughout the UK. The starry ceilings are in response to a survey about the most desirable sleeping locations.
› Read MoreFamily grateful for help following fire
A family who were left homeless following a blaze at their flat just days before Christmas has been left overwhelmed by the generosity of the readers of Bournemouth’s Daily Echo. Kay Gisbourne and her two children, 12-year-old daughter Megan and six-month-old son Toby, managed to escape with their lives after the fire at their Anstey Close home in Kinson on 20th December.
› Read MoreRunning off the Christmas calories for charity
Hundreds of runners came to the Somerley Estate to burn off some of the Christmas calories and raise money for charity at the annual 2k and 10k running event.
› Read MoreOpportunistic thieves target garages
Burglars have been targeting underground garages in Bournemouth to try and trick their way into properties.
› Read MoreExcellence awards celebrated by Poole dentists
Poole Lane Dental Practice is celebrating after being awarded with an excellence award by local health chiefs. The Bournemouth dentists are overjoyed after weathering a 2009 crisis at their practice. Three years ago some patients raised concerned about a locum dentist using lax infection controls that could have caused infections.
› Read MoreKilimanjaro climb for hotel boss
Andy Dawson, group marketing manager for the Harbour Hotels Group which owns Christchurch Harbour Hotel and The Kings hotels in Bournemouth, will be taking on the challenge of a lifetime in 2013.
› Read MoreNew dental surgery in Bournemouth opened by former NHS chief
One of the NHS’s longest-serving chief executives has come out of retirement to open a new dentists in Bournemouth that has been named in his honour. The Browning Centre, Boscombe, has been specially designed for adults with disabilities and other conditions that may make it difficult for them to get dental treatment.
› Read MoreThe Hotel of the Undead
A hotel in Bournemouth has been transformed into a horror set with roaming zombies passing guests in its corridors. The Carlton Hotel on the East Cliff is the setting for Wimborne local Kelvin Beer’s new movie Convention of the Dead.
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