Congratulations to James Garland from Cranborne who has won the 4Dorset ‘Spot the Bunny’ competition. Five-year-old James attends Cranborne First School and loves doing puzzles. His mother Paula said, “He particularly likes spot the difference. This competition was right up his street. He did it on his own as spotting the bunnies was a fun…
To raise awareness of World Down’s Syndrome Day on Thursday 21 March the children in Hillside Community First School, Verwood were encouraged to come to school wearing brightly coloured socks, mismatched socks and even 3 socks for 3 chromosomes. Great fun was had admiring the colourful spectacle and a special whole school assembly to explain about…
Residents in parts of East Dorset will not receive rubbish or recycling collections on Good Friday (29 March). Instead, collections will be carried out the next day, Saturday 30 March. East Dorset District Council and, since April 2011, the Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP) have traditionally collected waste on Good Fridays. However, since the start of…
Having been awarded a major accolade after just one year, Purbeck Marathon is now open for entries.
Police investigating a fatal road traffic collision have arrested a man on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop following a collision – with officers also seizing a vehicle believed to have been involved. Sixteen-year-old Jade Clark was struck by a Volvo XC90 as she rode her moped along the A31…
