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Over £28,000 raised in 24 hours

The mags4dorset’s charity of the year: Relay For Life Bournemouth and East Dorset, held its fundraising event on the track behind Ferndown Leisure Centre at the weekend. It broke all expectations by raising over £28,000 for Cancer Research UK. It opened with an inspiring survivors’ lap of honour and continued for 24 hours over the weekend…

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‘Priorities’ animates national competition

A sixth former from The Arnewood School, New Milton has won a national animation competition with his short film called ‘priorities.’
Year 12 CGI student Michael Paler wowed judges of the Animation 15 UK Schools Computer Animation Competition with his compelling feature on how modern-day children can be distracted by gaming.

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Royal seal of approval for almshouses

Work to transform historic almshouses in Emery Down near Lyndhurst has received a royal seal of approval.
The 140-year-old Victorian Boultbee Cottages have been given a prestigious award by the Prince of Wales after undergoing a £600,000 restoration programme.

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Venus voting opens

The public vote for the Dorset Venus Awards 2015 opened today (13 of July). Dubbed by Channel 4 as the “Working Women’s Oscars”, the Dorset Venus Awards are calling members of the public to vote for their favourite working women in the Business Mother of the Year, Employee of the Year and Customer Service categories.…

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Cottees flog it for the BBC

“The auction of the items entered by vendors from the BBC Flog It! valuation day at Highcliffe Castle was extremely successful,” said auctioneer John Condie from Cottees. Stars of the show were a small selection of ten film posters which included a rare ‘Dracula’ poster that sold for £5,500 and a Star Wars poster that…

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Former police officer jailed for harassment

A former Dorset Police officer has been jailed for nine months for harassment and data protection offences.
Former Police Constable Allan Christopher Smith, of Bovington, was sentenced at Dorchester Crown Court today, 10 July, for multiple harassment with fear of violence offences and obtaining and disclosing confidential police information.

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School team makes a splash in Round the Island race

A crew from Ballard School, an independent co-educational school in New Milton, Hampshire, proved their sea legs in this year’s ‘Round the Island’ boat race around the Isle Of Wight, when they came second in their class. In the annual 50 nautical mile one-day yacht race, where 1,584 boats set sail from Cowes, the team…

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