Drum legend Ginger Baker, and top singer Jacqui Dankworth are just two of the names featuring in an expanded 2016 Bournemouth Jazz Festival launched earlier today (25 January) at the Miramar Hotel.
Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Steve Lugg, has planted a tree to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. The tree, a locally-grown Acer Palmateum Suminagashi, was planted on the green near the junction of Martins Drive and Wimborne Road East in Ferndown. It was draped in black and yellow ribbons to denote ‘remembrance and hope’…
A successful event held in Wimborne’s minster church on Saturday (23 January) raised around £800 for its funds. The brainchild of Barry Glazier, chairman of the minster’s fundraising and events committee, the Minster Tales told of some of its history through the mouths of actors. Characters included Cuthburga, founder of the ancient abbey, Lady Margaret…
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a man was assaulted in Poole Park, near the crazy golf. The incident happened between 6.15pm and 7pm on Saturday 23 January. A 59-year-old local man, was walking through the park when he was approached from behind by the offender who assaulted…
