To celebrate the launch of Carers Week, 10-16 June 2013, local MP Annette Brooke has joined forces with actress Lynda Bellingham, to recognise the contribution that carers in Mid Dorset and North Poole make on a daily basis.
Wimborne Folk Festival takes place on 7-9 June. Thousands of people descend on the Dorset market town of Wimborne Minster for this spectacular event. Street dancing, music, stalls, workshops and children’s entertainment. Great fun for all the family. Huge procession of dancers on 8 June. Roads closed to traffic are East Borough, The Square, High…
Six Bournemouth students became the first team from their school to successfully complete the gruelling Ten Tors challenge.
The annual spring Coffee Morning held at the home of Anthony and Christine Oliver in aid of Wimborne in
Bournemouth Police are appealing for information after a fight broke out along Charminster Road near Castle Lane West at around 2.30pm on 17 May. Two men were reported to be fighting with golf clubs by a member of the public. When officers approached the scene, the men dispersed. Police Constable Chrissie Plumley, of Bournemouth police,…
Gok Wan, fashionista, style guru and TV presenter is supporting local charity Life Education Wessex and it’s fundraising initiative Harold’s Challenge which aims to raise £50,000 to help teach children to make healthy lifestyle choices regarding the effects of alcohol, cigarettes, drugs and food as they grow up. Gok Wan is famed for telling women…
George V Playing Fields’ tennis courts are the home of Ferndown Tennis Club. This week, the club hosted the Dorset Schools year 3 and year 4 competition (aged 7-9 years). Using scaled down courts the youngsters competed throughout the day. Photo by Kay Browning
Residents at a Dorset care home enjoyed a range of activities when they hosted a visit from The Prince’s Trust.
The Barrington Centre in Ferndown held a right royal event to select their Strawberry Prince and Princess from Parley First School for the upcoming Strawberry Fayre. The winning pupils, who penned poems with a strawberry theme, are Dylan Giles and Alisha Bridger and they will be crowned by the Mayor of Ferndown at the Fayre…
David Lewis is the new Assistant Chief Constable for Dorset. Currently an Assistant Chief Constable at the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Office in London, where he works as Chief of Staff to Head of ACPO Sir Hugh Orde, he is due to take up the post in July. Chief Constable, Debbie Simpson explained…
