Over 100 excited music and movement class members entered a draw to find the ‘faces of Musical Steps’ in Dorset. The music and movement classes for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers, held in Christchurch, Littledown and Westbourne, providea fun-packed, high-quality educational experience that babies, children and parents love. A photo shoot was organised by local mum…
It’s certainly been a busy month for the students of Verwood CE First School. Sycamore Base’s children (year one) had great fun making sandwiches at Emmanuel Middle School for their Picnic in the Park. They all made healthy sandwiches and enjoyed sharing them with their parents during the afternoon. The sun shone just long enough…
Wimborne Minster’s congregation and choir held their annual Palm Sunday procession from the Allendale Centre to the Minster, commemorating the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. After opening prayers outside the Allendale Centre and the blessing of the palms held aloft by the congregation, they marched on the square singing ‘Lift High The Cross.’ After reading…
Following a fatal road traffic collision on the A31 in Ringwood, the hit and run driver of the Volvo XC90 involved in the accident on 24 February has been charged. Sixteen-year-old Jade died at the scene from a severe head injury. Brian Hampton a health and safety consultant from Ashford, who works on the railways…
If you are looking for a way to keep the kids entertained this Easter look no further than the Dolphin shopping centre in Poole where there will be free entertainment galore. For the duration of the school holidays, children can enter the ‘spot the bunny’ competition, hunting for bunnies in the centre to be in…
If you’re a Star Wars fan, the Farthest From on Sunday would have been right up your street. The fact that it was up Fordingbridge High Street was a bonus for local people. The Vintage Toy Collection was on show at the Town Hall and attracted fanatics to browse and buy figures, spacecrafts and other…
Less than a second might have separated the first and second placed runners in the 5km race at the rain sodden Ferndown Rotary’s Charity run, but in age terms they were 50 years apart. Fourteen-year-old Jordan Fudge took the top slot, with 64 years young Brian Long cruising to second place – just half a…
There will be over £500 worth of prizes in this year’s Ferndown in Bloom competition sponsored and supported by the Haskins Garden Centre. mags4dorset will be sponsoring the Business, Retail, Commerical and Public House category once again, with a prize of a half page of advertising worth £350. Other main categories are Best Front Garden, Best Park…
Officers in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a burglary at a house in Wyke Regis. The incident happened sometime between 7am and 5pm on Thursday 21 March at a property in Broughton Crescent. The victim, a 55-year-old Weymouth man, returned home from work to find thieves had…
Dorset Wildlife Trust is launching a series of Sunday Strolls in West Dorset this spring. Starting in April and running through until the end of September, the walks will be based around the Kingcombe Centre and surrounding Kingcombe Meadows Reserve, a beautiful ancient landscape spanning the full width of the River Hooke valley. Victoria Vincent,…
