Are you a keen runner? Looking for a challenge for 2013? Are you fit enough to complete a marathon this April? Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance might just have your dream ticket. The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance (DSAA) has one Silver Bond ticket for the 2013 Virgin London Marathon, which takes place on 21…
Forty years ago the term garden centre was virtually unknown in the UK when Warren Haskins, who had just taken over the family retail nursery business after his father’s death, decided to open a small garden centre shop at Tricketts Cross in Ferndown. As the concept of a ‘one stop shop’ for gardening grew in…
The recent revelations concerning horse meat being identified in various meat products has highlighted concerns about meat traceability and equine welfare according to The British Horse Society. The UK’s largest equine charity believes that a number of serious food hygiene issues need addressing as a matter of urgency. The 2012 Defra decision to withdraw funding…
Firefighters across the county are looking for new recruits to join the on-call crew; do you think you can cut it? Local residents are being asked to consider a career as an on-call (retained) firefighter. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, 19 of Dorset’s 26 fire stations are crewed…
