The first fast ferry sailing from the port of Weymouth in 17 months will occur next Wednesday on 17 July, departing 11.30am, as Condor Ferries makes its return. Over 350 passengers have already booked their place on the first sailing to the Channel Islands, and anyone wishing to travel alongside them should book now. Guests…
Pick-Your-Own blueberries will open at the UK’s original plantation near Wimborne on 29 July. And fans of these delicious fruits will be delighted by the big, juicy blueberries. Swelled by the spring rain, while the crop is later than every before, the fruit is in excellent condition, large, full of flavour, and well worth the…
Roads were closed as a new cutting edge MRI scanner was crane lifted into Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital on 7 July. MRI machines use radio waves and magnetic fields to investigate and study the brain, spinal cord, heart and blood vessels and other internal organs, such as the lungs or liver, bones and joints. They…
Detectives in Bournemouth are renewing their appeal for witnesses and information after a burglary in Wallisdown when watches as well as seven WW2 medals, including stars, one MBE and a Good Conduct and Long Service medal of sentimental value were stolen.
Verwood Market is open every Friday at Verwood Memorial Hall 10am-1pm. Bookings are being taken for a special family market on 17 August with stalls and activities for all. Proceeds will go to Help for Heroes. To book a stall contact Sue or John on 01202 890001.
Local author Della Galton is launching the paperback version of her latest novel ‘Ice and a Slice’. To obtain a signed copy, call in to the Red Lion at Sturminster Marshall on Saturday 13 July, 11am-4pm. The pub can be found in Church Street, BH21 4BU (opposite the church). Della is a freelance writer and…
Allum & Sidaway were delighted to be finalists in three categories of the 2013 UK Jewellery Awards, sponsored by leading industry magazine Retail Jeweller. So when the Industry’s finest gathered in the extraordinary surroundings of the Natural History Museum, London on 4 July to see which 16 lucky winners from the Best of the Best would…
Around 4,000 local children fell under the spell of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in a series of concerts for schools held at Lighthouse in Poole. The hour-long performances, under the baton of the BSO Young Conductor in Association, Maxime Tortelier, took them on a whistle-stop tour around the world of music, finishing back in England with…
Congratulations to triathlete Lucy Brain who has been selected to compete in the National Triathlon Championships. This follows her success on 29 June at Bowood in Wiltshire. Competing against all the finest athletes from the South West of England she put in a tremendous performance. The swim was in the Capability Brown designed lake and…
Ten new deacons were ordained in Salisbury Cathedral on Sunday 30 June by the Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Reverend Nicholas Holtam – two of whom will serve their curacies in Wimborne. Belinda Marflitt at Wimborne Minster and Ben Dyson at New Borough and Leigh St John were among those ordained. Belinda who comes from Hythe,…
