Month: July 2015

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Choose your perfect pup in new TV show

Are you thinking about getting a dog or puppy in the next few months? Perhaps you’re unsure about whether to go for a pedigree pup or a rescue dog? Or maybe you have no idea which of the hundreds of breeds and crossbreeds might be right for you. You may even already have your perfect…

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LeAF Studio award winners

LeAF Studio honours its wealth of talent

From elite athletes to performing arts students, the wonderful wealth of talent which can be found at Bournemouth’s LeAF Studio was celebrated at a special awards ceremony. The school provides a unique education and training for the area’s most talented young sports stars and performing arts students aged 14 to 19.

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Harry Redknapp attends book launch

Yesterday saw the launch of ‘Have Boots will Travel’, a revealing adventure story / autobiography by Verwood man Brian McIntyre.
Held at Wimborne Town Football Club, the launch attracted a great deal of interest from the footballing world and was attended by Harry Redknapp, Taffy Richardson (firefigher and the captain of Wimborne Town FC when the club won the FA Vase), and firefighter and ex semi-professional footballer Andy Culliford who will receive the profits from the book.

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Charity leap raises £29,000 for Diverse Abilities

Dorset’s disability charity, Diverse Abilities, recently held a special 60th anniversary celebratory skydiving day with 28 people taking part and raising over £29,000. Those who took part skydived 10,000ft or 15,000ft to raise money for the charity that supports over 600 adults and children with disabilities in Dorset. Dean Daniels, one of the charity’s fab…

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Message on a deckchair

With the Jurassic Coast filling with visitors for the busy summer season, new deckchairs, windbreaks and beach shelters are appearing on the beach at near the Hive café, Burton Bradstock in West Dorset.

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Europe’s Action Sports wow crowds

The Wimborne BID welcomed back the Action Sports Show Experts into the Square on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July. The weekend saw them entertain crowds with their incredible skills, balance, power and aerial styles of trials riding, BMX, MTB dirt jumping, free-running, scooter riding, flatland BMX and rollerblading and gave the audience the opportunity to…

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Record volleyball tournament is a smash

Former winners GH Podiatry reclaimed their crown in a thrilling finale to the Battens Solicitors charity beach volleyball tournament in Weymouth.
They battled it out with defending champions Team NewBody to take the honours in an 18-12 victory at the eighth annual extravaganza.

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Power of the cake! Take the challenge

Help CLIC Sargent support families coping with the impact of a cancer diagnosis by taking on their £170 challenge. Why £170? Because that’s the grant CLIC Sargent gives to families after a child is diagnosed with cancer, to stop unexpected costs becoming a problem. Money may seem unimportant when a child is diagnosed with cancer,…

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