Dorset Wildlife Trust’s most ambitious conservation project, worth £4.4 million, has been given a fantastic head-start with a £17,000 donation from local businesses, who recognise the importance of protecting wildlife habitats in Dorset.
Lawrences’ auction of books and manuscripts concluded the firm’s successful series of summer auctions and the 300 lots comprised plenty of real appeal to numerous bidders.
Mark Gamble continues to prove himself a vital goal-grabber for Wimborne Town after netting three times in two pre-season friendly victories last week.
Now that the Olympic legacy is in full swing, and first anniversary celebrations are taking place, the Olympic and Paralympic Games venue at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) is taking a look back to reflect on the pre games training and preparation which enabled the British Olympians to compete on a global…
Customers of Sembcorp Bournemouth Water (SBW) are benefiting from investment in new technology. The company has taken delivery of a Hydrant Wizard which allows water supplies to be maintained when work is carried out on faulty or leaking fire hydrants. Fire hydrants are fitted in thousands of locations across the water network to allow the…
Two Weymouth brothers and their father will serve more than two years each in prison after being found guilty of drug offences. Robert John Look, aged 67, and his sons, 20-year-old John Joe Darch and 18-year-old Storm Darch, formerly of Beverley Road in Littlemoor, were arrested on 7 March 2012 after a drugs warrant was…
The ladies of Verwood Concert Brass recently formed an all female band, Blushing Brass, who played ‘in the pink’ to raise money for Breaththrough Breast Cancer. Jan Tiller, the driving force behind the initiative commented, “I was inspired by the fund raising activity of another all female band ‘Boobs & Brass’ and thought we have…
A Bournemouth taxi driver has been sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment for offences of rape and one offence of sexual assault. Terence Collins, 61, was sentenced today for raping a 14-year-old girl and raping and sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman. The court heard how in March 2010 he followed his young victim before forcing her…
Dorset Police is monitoring the effect of switching off street lighting on crime levels – with early indications showing no link to increases in crime as a result of lights being switched off in selected areas. In some areas of Dorset, street lights are now switched off between 1am and 6.30am (midnight to 05:30am in…
A waitress at a Dorset care home is flying high after seeing off thousands of other candidates to join British Airways’ cabin crew.
