Children in Year 4 at Parley First School are learning vital cycling skills this week as they complete their Bikeability Level 2 training. Instructors Rob and Tom from Ferndown Leisure Centre are teaching them how to carry out several manoeuvres, including turning left and right, from and into major and minor roads, u-turns, and passing…
Children from Parley First School had the wonderful opportunity of practising their cricket skills with Charlotte Edwards, the Captain of the England Ladies’ Team yesterday at Wimborne Cricket Club. Year 3 and 4 pupils batted and fielded with Charlotte, and had fun playing Kwik Cricket. The afternoon was organised by The English Cricket Board and ‘Chance to Shine’, inspiring youngsters to…
Three men have been sent to jail for a total of twenty one years for committing grievous bodily harm during an attack in Bournemouth.
Five men have been sentenced for their part in a drugs ring operating across Dorset.
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner, Martyn Underhill is today (Thursday 12 June) launching a three month consultation to give people a greater say in how anti-social behaviour and low level crime is dealt with in the county.
Tasers were deployed during the arrest of two men in Bournemouth in the early hours of this morning (Thursday 12 June). A silver VW Passat failed to stop for officers along Wallisdown Road in Bournemouth at 12.42am and immediately after, this vehicle collided with a yellow Skoda in Edgehill Road. The driver of the Skoda and…
A unique award-winning Purbeck ball clay mining museum – planned and built by a small team of dedicated volunteers over more than a decade – was officially opened on 6 June by BBC TV ‘Antiques Roadshow’ ceramics expert and railway author Paul Atterbury.
The British Horse Society is urging England football supporters to be aware and considerate of horses during the World Cup. Flying flags on cars has potential to cause a dangerous situation for a horse and rider on the road when the flapping noise of the flag could result in a frightened horse putting the rider…
Forced marriage will become a crime in England and Wales on Monday 16 June. Dorset Police is encouraging those who believe they are victims or those who suspect an offence is about to take place to come forward and report it.
A drugs house closure order has been enforced by police at a flat in The Crescent in Boscombe following drug-related activity and anti-social behaviour at the property. The closure order was issued by Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court on 6 June under the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003. It came after complaints from local residents about drug-related activity…
