Year: 2015

A record breaking 500 people registered for Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s Twilight Walk for Women that took place on Friday evening (5 June).

A Verwood man has been jailed for six months after offences, including assault by beating, in the Verwood area. Jonathan Edwin Michael Griffiths, 20 and of Verwood, pleaded guilty at Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 19 May to assault by beating and breach of an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO). He was sentenced on the same…

Following on from last month’s Dementia Awareness Week the Priest’s House Museum & Garden in Wimborne Minster is holding another Forget-Me-Not craft session on Friday 19 June, 10am to 12 noon. Join an informal and fun session knitting or crocheting forget-me-nots which will be made into bouquets to be displayed in the museum and other…

A Ferndown care home brushed up on its ‘owl-gebra’ for a flying visit by three birds of prey.
Residents at Colten Care’s Amberwood House were introduced to a barn owl called Luna; Gizmo, a white faced African scops owl, and Misty, a 12-week-old Chaco owl.

Poetry lovers are in for a treat at the Wimborne Folk Festival on Saturday 13 June.
Dorset Library Service has teamed up with two talented young poets, Joe Selby and Mel Oliver, who will be performing in the courtyard outside the library at 11.30am with a repeat performance at 1pm.

Detectives investigating an attempted robbery at a Poole store are appealing for witnesses to come forward – with CCTV images of the suspect being released. At around 3.50pm on Friday 5 June, a man entered Central Stores on Haven Road in Canford Cliffs. He approached a member of staff at the counter and demanded cash…

There is free admission to Wimborne Model Town for the Folk Festival on 13 and 14 June with facilities open at 9.30am daily. The vintage miniature attraction plays host to performers on the Appalachian Stage and in the Sensory Garden area. Manager Greg Hoar comments “We are delighted to be a part of this much…