A beacon will be lit at Durlston Country Park, Swanage today (8 May 2015) to mark VE day. The chairman of Dorset County Council, Cllr John Wilson, is hosting the event as part of a national celebration for the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe. A chain of over 100 beacons will be lit at 9.30pm…
Wimborne Model Town is joining in the national celebrations of VE Day + 70 with family fun activities from 11am on Saturday 9 May including duck racing, quoits, lucky dip and more.
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is inviting the public to send cards to its hardworking nurses this International Nurses’ Day – Tuesday 12 May. Cards could be thank you cards for particular nurses known to the sender, or more general cards with words of encouragement and support for nurses they haven’t…
New Forest and local health organisations working within the inspiring landscapes of the National Park are looking at how closer collaboration could help improve people’s health and wellbeing.
If you’re going to the folk festival in Wimborne on 13 and 14 June and you think you might feel a bit puffed out, you’ll be able to catch a land train to transport you around. A first for the festival, it will run on the Saturday and Sunday. The festival itself starts the day…
Detectives are asking the public if they recognise these items recently recovered by police in Bournemouth. Police are appealing to the owner of a suspected stolen tool bag to come forward. The bag contained a number of items, including the photographed mugs and Makita electric screwdriver. Detective Sergeant Simon Cramp, of Bournemouth CID, said: “I…
The PHC Poole Harbour Boat Show will be celebrated with a fireworks extravaganza sponsored by property developers Excellare at 10pm on Saturday May 9, the eve of its inaugural opening weekend (Saturday May 9 to Sunday May 10).
Police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward after almost 34,000 cigarettes were recovered from a layby near Wareham. The haul, which was reported to police by a dog walker at 9.10am today (7 May), was collected by officers and will be referred to HM Revenue and Customs for further investigation. The consignment…
After announcing he wanted to run in last year’s Bournemouth Marathon for charity, plucky nine- year-old Callum Moore is set to run again – and this time he’s signed-up his parents too.
The inaugural Dorset Festival of Cricket has been hailed a great success by organisers as some 2,500 spectators dodged the showers and visited Bournemouth’s historic Dean Park Cricket Ground over the bank holiday weekend. A few spots of rain failed to dampen the spirits as cricket fans caught the wave of euphoria that swept over…
