Year: 2013

Over £2,500, including matched funding from Barclays Bank, was raised for the ‘In Bloom’ campaign at the recent Wine and Wisdom Quiz.

Dorset’s most celebrated and longest running lumberjack display team, Adam’s Axemen from Bere Regis, Dorset have been secured to wow crowds at this year’s Stock Gaylard Oak Fair with their toe curling displays of axe and saw wielding skills. The team will return to the Oak Fair at the Stock Gaylard Estate near Sturminster Newton,…

The Sovereign Shopping Centre, Boscombe, came alive 22-24 February with the Coastal Bid’s ‘Fashion and Talent’ events. The centre hosted an adult fashion show on the Friday, a children’s fashion show on Saturday and then the talent show live final on the Sunday. Third place went to the fantastic singer Ella Brookes. Jim Van Waltsleben,…

Police investigating the road traffic collision that took the life of a 16-year-old Ringwood girl, Jade Clark on the A31, continue to appeal for the driver of a Volvo XC90 believed to be involved to come forward. The Crimestoppers charity is now offering a reward of up to £1000. Jade was riding a red moped…

Special constables are volunteer police officers who have the same powers as regular police officers, wear the same uniform and are issued with the same equipment. Debi Potter, Chief Officer of the Special Constabulary, said, “Special constables are a vital part of Dorset Police, working alongside full-time officers and police staff, including PCSOs, to make…

Robert Walter MP (North Dorset) visited members of the Home-Start North Dorset team at The Exchange, in Sturminster Newton, to see how the charity is helping to support local families. At the invitation of trustee Claire Macdonald, Bob met with Home-Start North Dorset Chairman Jenny Kretz, Scheme Organiser Jamie Keast and Administrator Ruth Berry. Bob…

Two friends and colleagues of Verwood Hub employee Jackie Smith have really gone the extra mile. Denise Craddock and Vicki Gower recently ran the New Forest Marathon, raising money on behalf of Jackie’s granddaughter Josie for the Piam Brown Oncology and Haemotology Centre in Southampton. Josie is currently in remission, after six months of salvage…

Moors Valley Country Park and Forest is appealing anyone who has used the park since it first opened to send them their photographs. They will be used to compile a fascinating social history of the park since it opened 25 years ago, back in 1988.

Hundreds of Sherborne business owners and residents took to the streets of the picturesque Dorset market town this week to fight proposals for an out of town Tesco superstore on the site of The Sherborne Hotel on the A30. Led by local celebrity Valerie Singleton, protestors carried placards denouncing the plans as they marched from…

Members of the Bournemouth Gilbert & Sullivan Society went carol singing in December at various functions in Bournemouth and Poole. They do this every year to support Macmillan caring locally, and particularly the Macmillan Unit at Christchurch Hospital. Their most recent efforts raised £4270, making a total over the last 20 years in excess of £60,000. The money, which was presented recently, will be used for ongoing refurbishments at the unit.