Day: March 5, 2014

There was great excitement on Pancake Tuesday (4 March) in Christchurch as teams took part in charity pancake races to launch this year’s Christchurch Food & Wine Festival.

Christchurch Borough Council has engaged Earlcoate Construction, specialists in civil engineering and coastal defence, to undertake emergency works at Avon and Friars Cliff beaches. An unprecedented sequence of winter storms, resulting in the lowest beach levels seen for over 40 years, has exposed dangerous ageing timber groyne structures. During the most recent storm on 14…

Former Salisbury MP, Robert Key, entertained an audience at Wimborne Minster last Saturday and spoke about the heritage of the minster church, his life in parliament and his current role in General Synod.

The Royal Bournemouth Hospital proudly unveiled its new CT scanner on Friday, the first of its kind in the world, enabling Dorset patients to benefit from the very latest technology and improving the quality of their care. Trust Chief Executive Tony Spotswood cut the ribbon on the New Generation Toshiba Aquilion One CT scanner at…

Detectives investigating a suspicious death in Perranporth, Cornwall, have released an artist’s impression of the man they are trying to identify.

“I am so grateful,” said Jude Todd, Co-ordinator of Nightstop, based in Ringwood, “To the Rotary Club of Ringwood for standing out in the cold shaking their tins prior to Christmas.” She received a cheque for £1,000 from Rotary President Michael Lingam-Willgoss at one of their Tuesday meetings at Greyfriars and went on to say…

Mike and his guide dog Wilson recently moved to Ferndown from London.
Determined not to be confined to his home, Mike and Wilson regularly attend various clubs in Ferndown and can frequently be seen walking to and from the Ferndown centre.