Swimmers are needed to join in Ringwood and Fordingbridge Lions Club raise money for charity. A 50/50 Swimarathon-Fun Swim for all ages is being held at Ringwood Health and Leisure in Parsonage Barn Lane on Sunday 16 March. Half the money raised goes to the Lion Club to help those less able in the community.…
The food collection at St Martin’s United Reformed Church in Station Road, West Moors on Saturday 22nd February was superbly supported by the West Moors Community reports Church Elder, Christopher Legrand and, on behalf of the Dorset families in need, we want to say a big thank you’ to everyone who contributed. The food is…
Police in Worcestershire are appealing for the public’s help as they try to trace a dead man who was found in the River Avon last week. Officers were called to the Weir Meadow Caravan Park in the town of Evesham at 10.10am on Wednesday 19 February when a member of the public spotted a body…
A teenage boy and girl got into difficulties whilst dog walking off Peverell Avenue East in Dorchester yesterday evening (26 February).
The land on which they were walking had areas of deep mud between patches of hardstanding and the two teenagers became stuck up to their lower thighs in the mud.
A police box will be landing in Boscombe precinct soon and will become one of only two operational boxes in the country. The other is outside Earls Court Underground Station in London.
The much-anticipated Boscombe box will provide a highly visible policing footprint at the western end of the precinct on Christchurch Road.
When is the right age to introduce your children to the joys of sport? Well, sport-mad Ross Humphrey, Nursery Manager at Knoll Gardens near Wimborne, thinks that you can never start too soon.
Ladbrokes in West Moors was held up at knifepoint on Wednesday evening (26 February) at around 6.50pm. Police said a man entered Ladbrokes, produce a knife which he brandished at staff and stole a quantity of cash. No one was hurt in the robbery. Officers are appealing for witnesses who saw anything suspicious in the Station…
Pupils at Buckholme Towers School and Nursery in Lower Parkstone viewed a special one off performance of A Fair Trade and Rights Respecting Story to learn about the rights of children living in India. Children from the independent school on Commercial Road visited the neighbouring Parkstone United Reformed Church to watch the show, quiz the…
Darren Wheeler, wood turner and sculptor from Dorset is supporting the regional charity Autism Wessex by collecting donations during Dorset Arts Week 2014.
Darren will be opening his home and workshop to the public during Dorset Arts Week, 24 May-8 June 2014 to hold daily woodwork demonstrations whilst displaying his unique pieces of work.
The award-winning Bournemouth and District Concert Band will be performing a selection of music for all tastes at the Barrington Theatre, Ferndown on 14 March in aid of Lewis-Manning Hospice. The band, which was established in 1990 as a community band, was originally called the Kingsleigh Concert Band, before it evolved a few years later…
