Regional charity Autism Wessex is inviting the local community to jump on their bikes for a 30 or 60 mile bike ride challenge taking place on Sunday 15 March. The circular routes will start at the charity’s Portfield School site in Parley and take in the beautiful New Forest countryside, through Brockenhurst and Burley, finishing at…
Ahead of the upcoming local elections Bournemouth Borough Council is hosting two information days for potential candidates to find out more about being a councillor. The informal events are designed to give anyone who is considering a future as a councillor an opportunity to find out more about the role and the responsibilities it involves.…
An intruguing steam model of an engineer’s workshop is to be sold by Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne. Consigned for sale by a Somerset client, this model of a workshop was made by famous toy makers Ernst Plank. Plank was a builder of steam locomotives, stationary models and magic lanterns. He began producing models in the…
Sometimes the old ways are the best, and that’s certainly true at St Catherine’s Hill in Christchurch where heavy horses have been used to extract felled timber.
Parents and children in the Thursday Soft play group at the Heatherlands Centre received giant size Christmas decorations that were used last year at Sainsbury’s store in Ferndown.
Bournemouth Hospital Charity is hosting a special event this Friday (30 January) for anyone interested in its ‘Great Wall of China Trek’.
Taking place in April 2016, the challenge takes adventurers along the 2,000-year-old wall which stretches through beautiful woodland, farmland and between hills and mountains. The 70km challenge is physically demanding but extremely rewarding and gives a real insight into China’s history and culture.
Last week Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging her commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people.…
Detectives searching for 25-year-old Samantha Henderson from Corfe Castle have released CCTV footage of her the day she disappeared.
Samantha, of Halves Cottages, was reported missing at 8.43am on Thursday 22 January.
The 30th anniversary production from Verwood Pantomime Society, Aladdin by Bradford and Webster, opened on Saturday at the Verwood Hub. Both shows were almost sold out.
Audiences enjoyed all the tradition of the panto with lots singing and dancing, booing and cheering. Every child in the theatre was given the opportunity to join the cast on stage and sing the community song, which many of them did.
A new housing scheme worth £10.4 million has been proposed for the 9-11 St Stephen’s Road car park site, near Bournemouth Square, to encourage more families to live in the town centre. The plan is to build up to 56 new homes, made up of eight town houses and forty-eight apartments along with residential car…
