Government grant results in more buses for Broadstone and Wimborne

BCP Council and Morebus have announced a significant improvement to the route 18 bus service thanks to a government grant to encourage more options for travelling by bus. The Route 18 service runs to and from Broadstone, through Waterloo Estate, Canford Heath, Foxholes Estate, Newtown and Sea View, Upper Parkstone, Westbourne and Bournemouth town centre.

It previously ran every hour but will now run every half an hour in the day-time, Monday to Saturday. Added to this, there will also be a new regular service running every two hours on the same route on Sundays.

Get your bikes tagged by local police at one of their bike tagging events this summer

As a result of this same funding award, a second enhanced bus route will be launched in September this year, with the route 13 service between Bournemouth and Wimborne increasing its daytime frequency with a bus service every 20 minutes, instead of the current every half an hour.

Councillor Vikki Slade, BCP Council’s leader said: “We are really pleased to have been successful in securing this sizable grant from central government, which means we can offer a tangible improvement to people’s transport choices.

“As part of our Bus Service Improvement Plan and our commitment to transforming local travel, we want to increase the number of people choosing to travel by bus. To do this, we want to ensure that buses are more frequent, more reliable, cheaper, better co-ordinated and that routes and timetables are easier to understand and use. We will continue to apply for funding to support more bus routes so that every community in BCP can access public transport more easily.”

Trouble paying rent? ’Let’s Talk Renting’ to help private tenants during the cost of living crisis

People renting privately across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole who find themselves struggling as a result of the cost of living crisis are being offered free support to maintain their tenancies, as part of a major drive to prevent homelessness.

Funded by BCP Council, Let’s Talk Renting has been launched by the Homelessness Partnership BCP with expert advice provided by Citizens Advice BCP and other partners.

Local police are holding several free bike tagging events during June and July. If you’ve not already done so, you can go along and get your bike registered to protect it in case of theft. The first events are on Saturday 17th June at Churchill Gardens, Boscombe and Alexandra Park, Poole. Other events will be shared on local police forces’ Facebook pages and you can find them by searching ‘bike tagging’ in Facebook events..

If you are struggling to keep up with rent payments or you are a landlord who knows of a tenant experiencing difficulties, please visit https:// homelessnesspartnershipbcp. org/dl/ltr

Poole to host 2024 International Regatta

Poole Regatta 2024 will bring the IRC National Championships to Poole for the first time in their history. Top racing sailors from across the country will be competing with the Poole Regatta Committee gearing up for the biggest race weekend since its biannual reincarnation in 2000.

The J80’s will be hosting their 2024 National Championship and the Sonata class their Regional Championship. VPRS class 1 and 2 are also signed up to be back competing at Poole as well.

Planning is already in full swing for The International Paint Poole Regatta 2024 taking place across the late May bank holiday from 25th - 27th May 2024.

Alongside the IRC National Championship, many other keelboat racing classes have already committed to bringing fleets to the Dorset coast, including the highprofile Cape 31 class, Performance 40’s and GP Zero’s.

A full schedule of social events is being planned with new sponsors for 2024 bringing a fresh flavour to the weekend.