The declining UK hedgehog population was highlighted at a special Wild About Gardens event at Knoll Gardens near Wimborne as part of a Knoll Gardens Foundation initiative to explain how we can all share our gardens with wildlife. Visitors were able to handle hedgehogs and learn about these prickly creatures from Dorset Wildlife Trust officers,…
New Forest Healthy Walk Leaders enjoyed a walk at Godshill under a beautiful autumnal canopy, also having fun on a rope swing.
Family-owned pet store chain PamPurredPets have introduced weighing scales, similar to those used by vets, so that customers can monitor free of charge the weight of their pets as part of a free ‘fit club’. Alan Williams, a car technician from Parkstone and his son Josh 13, were amongst the first to use the free…
Hundreds of vital local services of a council will be brought to life in 140 characters with New Forest District Council taking part in a tweetathon today, Wednesday 18 November. Thousands of local government organisations nationwide will tweet using the hashtag #OurDay, to give residents an insight into the hundreds of jobs councils do every…
Lewis-Manning in Poole has announced details of this year’s annual Light Up A Life event, which will take place on Friday 27 November in the grounds of the hospice which overlook Poole Harbour. Light up a Life is the name given to a series of special community events that take place throughout the UK during November…
Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park will look bright and festive when Santa and EastEnders Matt Lapinskas and Gillian Wright, and C5 Milkshake presenter Olivia Birchenough from the BIC panto Snow White switch-on the Christmas light 6pm on Thursday 26 November. General manager Peter Matthews says that the 45 retailers and other outlets will also start late…
Twenty seven local charities and organisations took part in the Grand Charities Fair organised by Wimborne in Bloom at the Allendale Centre, Wimborne Minster on Saturday 14 November. Between them they raised over £4,000 for the various causes they represented. Money was raised for the Royal British Legion, Unicef, Friends of Wimborne Hospital and the…
Police investigating the theft of an engagement ring worth around £4,700 from Warren James Jewellers on Commercial Road have released a CCTV image of the suspect. The man entered the store on 28 October and enquired about a diamond ring on display in the shop window. He tried the ring on and ran off without…
The pupils and staff of Hillside Community First School in Verwood joined in the fun of raising money for Children in Need last Friday (13 November) by paying to come into school dressed in Mufti, many in Pudsey clothing, spots, or as super heroes. The school council, who had organised the day, also ran a…
The Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Steve Lugg has chosen a Christmas card designed by a Ferndown Upper School student as his official card. The student, 17-year-old Amber Turner from Verwood, is the winner of the Chairman’s Christmas card competition with her artwork depicting Christmas market stalls. The runner-up is 14-year-old Hollyann Stewart,…
