Over the August Bank Holiday weekend, everyone is invited to take part in water and adventure sports activities at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA). See the Olympic cauldron, use the facilities the Olympians used and learn the skills the Olympians have mastered! There are over 600 sporting sessions available over the 4 days of…
Festival runs from 20 September – 12 October 2013, with free outdoor opening weekend 20-22 September
Dorset Blind Association knows just what it means to get a little help from its friends. T
he charity, which helps more than 1,000 people a month living with visual impairment, has just received a £3,000 donation from the Friends of the Bournemouth Eye Unit at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.
A classic 1920s Southern Railway steam locomotive is to make history when it returns to the Isle of Purbeck for the first time in more than 50 years – to star in the Swanage Railway’s annual Grand Steam Gala and Vintage Transport Weekend.
Sea-users are being urged to keep a look out following the report of a sighting of a loggerhead turtle off Portland Bill. The last sighting of this species in Dorset was in 1938. Weymouth sailor, Jim Davies, said he was surprised to see the creature metres from his boat as he sailed around Portland Bill…
Lovetheforest, a scheme run by the New Forest Trust, is encouraging residents and visitors to tell them why they love the forest. The poll was kicked off at the New Forest Show where visitors wrote on heart-shaped stickers what it is that makes them love the forest and why they want to see the environment…
Bus users are being asked what impact planned changes to Dorset services will have on them. Dorset County Council will revamp subsidised bus services in 2014 in a bid to deliver better value for money. People who use the bus services are being invited to explain what the proposed changes would mean to them –…
Dorset Wildlife Trust is concerned that a case of the ash tree disease, Chalara, known as ‘Ash Dieback’ has been confirmed in woodland between Dorchester and Bridport.
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an elderly couple was targeted by fraudsters in Poole. The incident took place during the evening of Tuesday 20 August 2013 at an address on Guernsey Road in the town. The victims were at home when they received a telephone call from…
Louise and Luke Trowbridge, Dorset dairy farmers from Stour Provost and founders of award-winning rare breed, the Uncommon Pig, have launched a website called www.thedorsetfarmer.com It welcomes visitors to find out more about traditional, high welfare family farming. The pork is said to be so good, it was even presented to Her Majesty The Queen as part…
