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Sand sculptures capture the magic of books

Supported by Penguin Books and The Roald Dahl Literary Estate, Sandworld’s festival of sand unveiled 16 life-size sand sculptures at the launch of ‘Literally Sand’. This year’s theme features characters and scenes from famous books and authors. Joey, the War Horse appears proudly in a stand-alone enclosure, followed closely by the Hungry Caterpillar. The sandy…

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Ferndown Festival 2014

Date: 21 – 28 June 2014 PRAM RACE – 21 June The Ferndown Festival will kick off with the fantastic Pram Race. Organised by Ferndown Chamber of Commerce, it is guaranteed to raise a smile. Get your dummies at the ready if you want to enter and simply drum up four more runners to help…

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Nigel Kennedy headlining at Regent

World-famous violinist, Nigel Kennedy, will be appearing at the Regent Centre in Christchurch on Monday 7 July. His typically maverick musical programme will celebrate the music of Bach as well as other brilliant composers who have influenced him. His world acclaimed concert series, ‘Bach Plus,’ begins with Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin, after…

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Grace Voller & Lesley Waters

Students cook up a storm

Students from three Christchurch schools cooked up a storm in the semi-finals of the Christchurch Food Festival Junior Cook of the Year competition.
The competition, organised by Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust and sponsored by Christchurch Rotary, requires students to prepare a main course and dessert capable of being served at a special occasion.

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Volunteers helping out at Holes Bay beach clean

Holes Bay Gets A Clean Up

A team of 20 local volunteers has helped turn the tide on litter. Volunteers filled 49 refuse sacks with waste collected from Holes Bay shore and cycle path on 27 April as part of the 26th annual Great Dorset Beach Clean. Items found included a bathtub, a boat door, bottles, sweet wrappers, bits of polystyrene,…

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Bob Walter MP to visit Langside School

North Dorset MP Bob Walter is visiting Langside School in Poole on Friday. The school is run by disability charity Diverse Abilities Plus and Bob will be finding out more about the programmes they are currently running to support local children with special educational needs. He last visited the charity-run special school, for pupils aged…

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Man trapped in grain silo

A farm worker was rescued by fire fighters after becoming trapped in a grain silo on Monday morning. Quick thinking workers at the farm near Shapwick attached a strop underneath the man’s arms and secured it to a ladder, to prevent him from sinking further into the grain. He was approximately 4m inside the silo…

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