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Neighbourhood Watch Week in East Dorset

Tag It, Track It, Trace It! That’s the message being given by Neighbourhood and Homewatch members. Too often police are unable to reunite stolen property to its owners, because without a mark, or in the case of a bike a frame number, it can be difficult for the police to prove that it has been…

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New Forest Airfields on D-Day exhibition

The Friends of the New Forest Airfields will host an exhibition about The New Forest Airfields on D-Day on Saturday 14 June. On 6 June 1944, the New Forest Airfields reached the pinnacle of their operational existence. Ten of the airfields were the scene of frantic activity from first light to late twilight. The countryside…

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Community sows seed on earth bunds at Verity Park

Residents and community groups in Canford Heath have come together to help to sow seeds on the newly created soil embankments at Verity Park. The embankments have been created as park of works to protect six open spaces and parks in Poole against unauthorised encampments. Soil embankments are considered an effective method of preventing unauthorised…

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Poppy parade commemorates outbreak of World War 1

Two banks of poppies have bloomed on Stony Lane roundabout in Christchurch in commemoration of the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1. The poppies have grown from seeds donated by Co-operative Funeralcare in Bargates as part of a national project by the company. Jo Medlow, Funeral Arranger at the Christchurch funeral home, said:…

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CashUnity £1,000 prize won by West Parley man

A ninety-one year old West Parley man is the latest winner of £1,000 in the mags4dorset CashUnity shop local prize draw. Mr William Revill entered the free prize draw through Freedom Mobility in Ferndown after having some repair work carried out by the shop. He was thrilled to have won so much money at his…

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