New Forest customs revived
Volunteers are reviving old forest customs such as charcoal production to care for the New Forest’s first community woodland.
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Poole Park step closer to nearly £3 million funding
Borough of Poole has sailed through the first round of bidding to receive nearly £3 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to carry out a range of improvements at Poole Park.
Share a car, cut fuel bills
Dorset County Council is encouraging drivers across the county to think more about their journeys this January in a bid to lower fuel costs. This month sees car sharing website carsharedorset.com celebrate its 10th anniversary and is all about giving car sharing a try. You can cut your fuel bills in half by sharing a…
Proposal on a plate
There were celebrations at The Clay Studio in Christchurch at the end of December when Tim White of Christchurch spent a productive few hours one Saturday painting a unique plate featuring the character Jack from the film Nightmare Before Christmas. However, this was far more than just a well-painted plate. It contained a marriage proposal…
Abacus MD reflects on successful year
2014 saw turnover increase by 12% for Ferndown and Andover based Abacus Vehicle Hire, with trade increasing at their hire centre in Andover which opened in 2011, and the welcome return of many corporate clients who have seen their own businesses increase and so require additional transport.
Superfast reaches Martinstown at last
Residents of one of Dorset’s oldest villages were today celebrating a leap into the future – and a major milestone for the multi million pound Superfast Dorset project. Superfast Dorset’s 100th fibre broadband cabinet to ‘go live’ is in Martinstown, an historic community mentioned in the Domesday Book, which has a church dating from the…
Pam’s starring role as new minibus takes to the road
Former nurse Pam Legg was the star of a show when a new top-of-the-range minibus took to the road at her Poole care home.
Arnewood School’s insight into learning in Pakistan
Students from The Arnewood School in New Milton were given a very special insight into the life of school children in rural Pakistan when they were treated to a visit from a headteacher who had travelled all the way from the Bagrote Valley in Northern Pakistan.