Caring Swanage Railway volunteers organising their annual three-day Diesel Gala and Beer Festival (9-11 May) are helping to raise £200,000 towards a new lifeboat house – thanks to a special train from Salisbury, Southampton, Bournemouth and Poole to Corfe Castle and Swanage.
Officers in Gillingham are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an assault in the town. The incident happened at some time between 3.40am and 3.50am on Sunday 27 April 2014 at the junction of New Road and Newbury in Gillingham. A 32-year-old man from Sherborne was driving along the road…
As part of the programme of events for Dorset Art Weeks, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has teamed-up with Dorset based outdoors activity company Jurassic Electric to invite visitors to the Kingcombe Centre and nature reserve to enjoy the local landscape and wildlife in west Dorset by electric bike.
An appeal has gone out from police after a woman was sexually assaulted in Bournemouth. The victim, a 44-year-old woman from Oxford, was sitting on a bench in the West Overcliff gardens area overlooking the beach on Thursday 17 April at approximately 1.30pm. A man approached her, sat close and inappropriately touched her. PC Daniel…
Dorset County Council’s cabinet has agreed to provide an extra £50,000 to increase the number of roadside verge cuts. Currently in towns, verges are cut six times a year between March and November and in rural areas they are cut twice, between April and October. However the wet and mild summers have encouraged more plant…
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…
Police are renewing their appeal for assistance in tracing a missing 54-year-old man from Bury St Edmunds. Ian Young was last seen on Monday 21 April but since then has not turned up for work and has not been heard from. His home address has been checked but there has been no sign of him.…
Following consultation on Preliminary Draft Charging Schedules, Christchurch and East Dorset Councils are now consulting on Community Infrastructure Levy Draft Charging Schedules. This consultation will run for a period of 6 weeks from the 7th May to the 18th June 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…
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…
