Dorset PCC Celebrates 20 years of Independent Custody Visiting in Dorset
A scheme which checks on the welfare of people being held in police custody is marking its 20th anniversary.
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Dorset baby unit provides ‘Lush’ious respite for new mums
Florence House, Dorset HealthCare’s Perinatal Unit, has recently teamed up with Lush Cosmetics to help provide new mothers with some well deserved pampering during their stay at the unit to help them relax and recuperate. The Florence House team, which provides mental health support for new mothers, found that often mothers arrived at the unit…
Avonbourne and Harewood students shine
Avonbourne Trust is celebrating some of its best ever GCSE results. The Trust is an early adopter of the government’s new Progress 8 performance measure – which will be introduced for all secondary schools from next year. Avonbourne College has scored +2.5 in Progress 8, which means far more students are exceeding the level they…
Tigers stitched up Sew It Seams
The Tigers Freefall Parachute Display Team had a bit of a dilemma just before the start of the Bournemouth Air Show. Their new sponsors’ badges needed to be sewn onto their jumpsuits and they hadn’t got a needle and thread between them! Luckily Monika and Kat at Sew It Seams in West Parley, were happy…
Best Front Garden in Ferndown
Barrie and Sheila Smith of Mayfield Close have been announced as the winners of the main category for Best Front Garden in the Ferndown In Bloom competition and have received the shield and £100 worth of Haskins vouchers.
Bumper year for jellyfish
The UK’s leading marine charity says 2015 has been another bumper year for jellyfish sightings in UK seas. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) says the massive barrel jellyfish have appeared in record numbers for a second consecutive year, whilst in July huge numbers of mauve stingers were reported off Guernsey, and the potentially dangerous Portuguese…
New chaplain for Ferndown Legion
Branch Chairman Grant Parrott (left) with Chaplain Ralph Dodds Branch Chairman Grant Parrott (left) with Chaplain Ralph DoddsFollowing the departure of Rev Lawrie Clow to a new parish in Buckinghamshire, Ferndown Royal British Legion have appointed Ralph Dodds, Lt Commander RN (retired) and lay reader at All Saints Church at Hampreston as their new branch chaplain.
Outstanding GCSE Results from Queen Elizabeth’s School
Students have achieved a highly impressive set of results in their GCSE examinations at Queen Elizabeth’s School in Wimborne with 85% of all students gaining an A*-C in English, 76% of students gained at least one Science GCSE and 68% gained an A*-C in Maths. Those achieving at least 5 A*- C including English and…
Ferndown Upper School celebrate GCSE results
“As the new Headteacher of Ferndown Upper School, I would like to congratulate the students of Year 11 on their excellent GCSE results,” said Philip Jones today (20 August 2015).
Hunt is on for best Games Room in South West
The hunt is on for the best games room in the South West, as the UK’s leading supplier of specialist games room equipment launches the first ever Games Room of the Year competition in a bid to establish the nation’s number one games room, with a £3,000 prize on offer for the national winner. Whether…