Year: 2014

The Dorset market town of Wimborne Minster will switch on its Christmas lights on Saturday 29 November at 4.30pm. Mrs Linda Tazzyman, Chairman of the Chamber of Trade and Commerce will help the mayor flick the switch at the Christmas tree.  Keep your eyes peeled for Snow White and other panto characters and be prepared…

Revellers at this year’s Bournemouth Fireworks dug deep and donated more than £500 to the Poppy Appeal. Bournemouth’s biggest fireworks party, which featured a special Remember Remember display set to songs from World War One and beyond, attracted more than 6,000 people with three top quality displays at the Littledown Centre where the Band of the…

A new exhibition at Bovington Tank Museum was opened by Murray Walker OBE. Sponsored by Wargaming, the exhibition gives a fascinating insight into the museum’s involvement in the making of David Ayer’s latest war film, Fury, starring Brad Pitt.On the day of the opening, Curator of The Tank Museum, David Willey welcomed guests and introduced Tracy Spaight, Director of Special Projects at Wargaming, who spoke about the company’s contribution to heritage organizations worldwide and their long-running cooperation with the Tank Museum.

Christchurch Christmas Festival has thanked the sponsors who have come forward to support the event and is now on the lookout for volunteers who can help on the day of the Festival on Saturday 29 November. Stewarts Garden Centres have agreed to sponsor the reindeer that will transport Father Christmas through the town centre from…

There were scenes of jubilation following a seven hour wait at the European Space Agency’s mission control in Darmstadt when the Rosetta mission achieved its aim. What seemed an impossible task took place 510 million kilometres from Earth on a comet hurtling through space at 18km/s. The Philae lander, a robotic spacecraft, safely touched down…

Officers in Boscombe are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after eight bottles of champagne were stolen from the Langtry Manor Hotel on Derby Road.

Sturminster Marshall Golf Club in Dorset has just become the first in the country to achieve England Golf’s new GolfMark award.

An oil painting of Elton John has been stolen from a North Dorset pub.

Wimborne Town notched up their fifth successive victory this weekend, with a tense one-nil away win to a resurgent AFC Totton side

Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers and staff are celebrating after their heritage line through the Isle of Purbeck won a coveted bronze trophy for quality in this year’s Dorset Tourism Awards.