Lewis-Manning Hospice raised over £1500 last week with the charity’s special ’21 themed’ Summer Starlight Stroll, which saw both supporters and staff complete the 7km evening circular walk from Whitecliff Park, along Baiter and Poole Quay, returning through Poole Park. The annual fundraising event took place last Friday (21 June) at 2100 hours to celebrate the…
“Just look at those little faces. It’s great to see them so happy as they all put in a lot of hard work to reach this level,” said the Chairman of the Ferndown Jitsu Club.
A special day excursion train from London to Corfe Castle and Swanage – bringing in 300 passengers to boost the Isle of Purbeck economy – is to make history this weekend, thanks to the volunteer-run Swanage Railway working in partnership with SouthWest Trains and UK Railtours. It is the first time that SouthWest Trains…
Lord Coe was Guest of Honour at Sherborne Girls’ Candlelight Ball on Saturday June 22, which raised £31,548 for the Candlelight Bursary Fund, a new scheme that works in partnership with the SpringBoard Foundation and Kids Company. It offers fully funded places to girls for whom a boarding education at Sherborne Girls would be a life-changing experience.
When Blushing Brass took to the stage at Verwood Memorial Hall on 22 June to perform a charity concert it was a sight to behold. With the players bedecked in pink, the audience were treated to a wonderful programme of music, whilst having waiters serve refreshments at their tables. Made up entirely of ladies, the…
By Laurence Jones As a stage show, Carnaby Street should be taken at face value. If you go into the theatre hoping to see a masterpiece of musical theatre, you will be disappointed. Carnaby Street is fun, entertaining and largely forgettable fluff. The musical knows its audience and knows what they want – a few solid…
Following a successful appeal by Autism Wessex inviting local couples celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary to come along to the charity’s Sapphire Ball on 29 June, the regional charity is delighted to announce the winners as Mr and Mrs Loveitt, who will be celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary this September. The couple live in Poole. Lin…
The partner of William Robert Spiller, whose body was found at an address at Lacey Court on Stedman Road in Southbourne, has paid tribute to him.
Students from the Level 3 Extended Diploma in Agriculture held the Annual Kingston Maurward College charity Muckathon during April and raised a record £2,636.60 for Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. The event involved spreading 1200 tonnes of farmyard manure, followed by ploughing 70 acres of land over a period of 36 hours. Ten tractors, three…
Victoria Road planters have been stripped of their flowers by mean thieves. The town council had recently re-bedded the planters in preparation for the summer and as a contribution to Ferndown’s entry into this year’s South and South East in Bloom competition. King George V ground staff and the town’s lengthman spent several days removing…
