The Dorset Road Safe Partnership project ‘no excuse’ team worked with colleagues from the Hampshire Safer Road units last night along the A31. They actively targeted bad and inconsiderate drivers after both counties had received complaints from the public about driving standards on the road. The team, accompanied by representatives from the media, carried out…
Congratulations to Marcus Lovesey aged 14 who has learning difficulties and a +10 eyesight, who won the Category III Championships at Dorset Golf & Country Club on 2 September.
A 33-year-old Bournemouth man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held in custody. His arrest follows the sudden death of a man who was found with serious head injuries at a house on Luckham Road, Strouden Park on 7 September. The victim, 42-year-old Rodger Tett, was taken straight to Southampton General…
Officers in Christchurch are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a burglary in Christchurch. Offenders forced entry to Place Mill Gallery at the Quay sometime between 7.30am on Sunday, 1 September and 9.20am 2 September, and stole cash and a number of antique firearms including pistols and shotguns, as well…
Despite the announcement that the Priest’s House Museum will take over the running of Wimborne Tourist Information Centre (TIC), the petition launched on 10 August ‘to save the centre in its present form’, will be delivered to the Resources Committee of East Dorset District Council at Furzehill on 25 September at 9.30am. Organised by town crier Chris…
Ruby will be putting her best paw forward in the Strays of Greece annual charity dog walk on Sunday 22 September to raise funds for her needy doggy friends.
Among those joining the Ferndown Twinning Association’s visit to Segré to see the opening of a new pathway named ‘Promenade Ferndown’ was the Ju-Jitsu club run by John Hanrahan at Heatherlands. John said, “Around 60 people saw Ferndown Mayor, Cllr John Lewis open the new pathway on 25 August including several young members of the…
The Meaden family from Minchington, east Dorset, has completed a full restoration of a traditional fingerpost sign in the small hamlet.
A 33-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a Bournemouth man 12 years ago – following an extensive investigation by the Major Crime Investigation Team. Clive Wilcox, 42 years of age, was assaulted just before midnight on Friday 4 May 2001 outside the One Stop Community Shop on Wimborne Road in Winton. As…
Witnesses are being sought after a man was robbed in Ripon Road, Winton on 3 September at 1am. The victim, a 22-year-old local man, was walking along the pavement having just left the Richmond Arms public house when he was approached by two unknown men. The offenders punched him in the face knocking him to…
