Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour, set on the Beaulieu River, in the heart of the New Forest National Park, is one of the most attractive locations on the South Coast. Following a rigorous assessment of the marina by The Yacht Harbour Association last year, it was awarded the top rating of 5 Gold Anchors. The Beaulieu…
Everyone loves a superhero – at least that’s the hope of one care home activity organiser in Bournemouth ahead of the 2013 Virgin London Marathon. By turning into his alter ego of Captain Phabulous, Brian Knight hopes to raise as much money as possible for two Dorset charities. Brian, who works at Colten Care’s Avon…
Around 15 Children and 10 Adults came along to the Heatherlands Centre in Ferndown ‘To Love Where Your Live’ and sign up with the New Community Football Team on Tuesday, 9 April. The free session was led and run by local football coaches Karl and Bradley who taught skills lessons. A poster competition was won…
The RYA Easter Windsurf Easter Camp started on Wednesday at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) and ends on Friday, 12 April. The 2012 London Olympic Sailing and Windsurfing venue will see 65 budding windsurfers staying the National and Regional Zone Squad Camp. The 2012 Games gave Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour worldwide exposure…
Parley Golf Centre has been granted permission to develop farmland to extend the popular course to a full 18 holes – 19 if you count the bar. The £250,000 investment will mark the completion of the project that began in 1991 when the centre began life as a 27 bay, floodlit driving range. The project…
A man convicted of drugs and firearms offences has been issued with a £11,558.21 confiscation order. Dorset Police was called to a hotel in Bournemouth on 20 October 2012 following reports that a gun and drugs had been seen in a guest’s room. A handgun, ammunition, cash, cocaine, benzocaine, amphetamine, two mobile phones and a…
Management at popular Castlepoint Shopping Park receive over 25 requests a month from businesses and charities in the region to promote their products or fundraise for their good cause. To make life easier for the promoters, a dedicated Pod, has been installed by the top entrance of Marks and Spencer where the East and West…
The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) presented awards to ten pupils at Ferndown First School. The JTYAF supports young people from a number of youth organisations providing them with scholarships and bursaries, which give them access to opportunities that they wouldn’t otherwise have had. Ferndown First School chose to use their allocated funding to…
An e-fit of a man wanted in connection with a crime in Ashley Heath has been released by Ferndown police. It follows the theft of a wallet from an elderly man at his home in Lions Lane between 4pm on Sunday, 17 March and 3.15pm on 18 March. The victim allowed an unknown man into his house…
Local rider, Theodore Scott-Munden (2), from Chandlers Ford is in training for the biggest ride of his life at the first qualifying event of the STRIDER™ British Balance Bike Championships in Merton early next month. He will be joining hundreds of other riders vying for the sought-after qualifying spots for the British championship finals later…
