Mel Sellings AKA “The Jammy Bodger” from Swanage is celebrating after winning gold for her Seville Orange Marmalade at The World’s Original Marmalade Awards. Over 1000 jars of marmalade from as far afield as Australia and the Philippines were judged by -amongst others- Pam Corbin of River Cottage fame, Tim Came, MD of Thursday Cottage,…
A Bournemouth man who robbed a woman in her own home is behind bars after being found guilty. Christopher Sims, 36, forced entry to a house on Browning Avenue in Bournemouth while the occupant was asleep inside during the early hours of Christmas Eve 2012. The victim, a 57-year-old Bournemouth woman, awoke to find Sims rifling through her handbag in her bedroom. He then…
The spectacular Solent Dog Display Team will be appearing at the Friends of the Strays of Greece annual family fun dog show this year. As well as the Solent dogs, there will be 20 classes to enter including Best 6 Legs, Best Rescue, Best Trick, Fastest Dog and Fancy Dress combining dog and handler, Best…
The annual folk festival in the Dorset town of Wimborne Minster will be held over the weekend of 7, 8, 9 June 2013. It promises three days of ‘folk, family and fun’, with the much-loved mix of dance displays, family activities, workshops and stalls returning to the historic minster town’s streets.
