Crafty volunteers for the League of Friends at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital have raised a staggering £26,500 by selling items from the charity’s counter in the hospital. Over the last year, kind and talented volunteers have knitted, sewed and crafted hundreds of items ranging from baby clothes to quilts and cushions which have been snapped…
The pupils and staff of Ringwood School not only broke the World record for the number of people wearing “Onesies” but also contributed £400 to the Rotary International campaign to End Polio Now. This was the third time in the last few years that the school has been involved in raising funds for polio eradication.…
Officers in Swanage are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after criminal damage was caused to railway carriages in the town – with police issuing three images. The incident happened some time between midnight and 6am on Saturday 15 March at the Swanage railway station on Station Approach. Three railway…
Officers investigating a series of frauds and an attempted fraud across Dorset have released a picture a man they wish to speak with. The incidents occurred between 16 February and 11 March 2014 in Stewarts Garden Land, Tesco Express and Bookends in Christchurch, Primark and Wilkinson in Boscombe, Dunelm Mill in Poole and Matalan in Weymouth.…
Bournemouth Hospital Charity is appealing for others to join 79-year-old daredevil Reg Finan in his 10,000ft parachute jump to raise money for the Trust.
The Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Malcolm Birr, has visited the winner of his year-long raffle to present them with their prize, having drawn the winning ticket at his gala dinner. Glenys Hazlehurst, who lives in Ashley Heath, won a framed oil painting of Wimborne Minster. The painting was specially provided by local…
Recently 13 children from Key Stage 2 at Hillside Community First School in Verwood went to Emmanuel Middle School for a football tournament. They played five matches of 5-a-side football. Both Hillside teams won three matches each and drew two, leaving Hillside 1 in first place and Hillside 2 in joint second place. All the…
The pupils of Hillside Community First School in Verwood recently had a visit from Simon Bushby of The Black Belt Academy, a local Karate club. Each class had a session with him to learn not only some Karate moves, but also about the ethos of respect that the martial art promotes. The children enjoyed learning…
