Have you ever dreamed of visiting a supermarket one morning before it opens and being allowed to go wild in the aisles and fill your trolley with goodies? Well, thanks to the generosity of Sainsbury’s Poole, Lewis-Manning Hospice in Poole is offering the chance for someone to win a £300 Trolley Dash on 10 May at…
Entering CashUnity on her birthday proved lucky for Bournemouth woman Jan Wiltshire. A regular customer of Carly’s Crafts in Winton, Jan entered on her birthday after buying wool from Michele Kennedy to knit a gift for a friend. To her amazement, her entry was drawn as the winner meaning she is £1,000 better off. Jan…
Here are CCTV images of three men Dorset police would like to speak to in relation to three separate shoplifting offences.
Littledown Centre in Bournemouth is entering an exciting phase as part of a £1.7 million improvement programme funded by the borough council and operator BH Live. Key building milestones have been completed and customers are already enjoying improvements. A large multi-purpose fitness studio has been created and the gym is to be extended from 528m2…
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has launched its annual ‘Wildlife Friendly Garden competition’, which is now in its fifth year.
NHS Change Day on Wednesday 11 March saw more than 100 staff at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals pledging to support the global ‘Hello my name is’ campaign. Pioneered by frontline workers, NHS Change Day sees staff, carers, patients and partners of the NHS pledge to make personal or collective changes. The ethos behind…
The Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Robin Cook, is looking for an unsung hero for a new award being launched in East Dorset. Cllr Cook is launching the Community Volunteer Award to recognise one special person during his year of office. The person nominated has to be a resident of East Dorset, but…
Dorset Police has intensified its telephone money scams awareness campaign after it has been revealed that residents in the county have lost over a million pounds to fraudsters. The Force is calling on residents to heighten their vigilance to potential fraud threats after a significant number of incidents in the county over the past year.…
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) will be raising awareness of the decline of hedgehogs, one of the UK’s best-loved garden visitors, with a campaign leaflet that will reach over 120,000 homes in Dorset.
A new visitor centre celebrating Thomas Hardy and bringing together his cottage and the landscape which inspired his writing, has been opened by Lord Julian Fellowes. The timber-built visitor centre – a joint project between Dorset County Council and the National Trust – is in Thorncombe woods, at Higher Bockhampton, near Dorchester, a short walk…
