Month: January 2016

Wimborne Dementia Friendly Community Group is launching an allotment project having acquired two raised beds at the Kingston Lacy site.

This new year, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is offering half price membership to new members in a special offer throughout January 2016, with prices starting from just £1.50 per month.

It’s fair to say many people have a fear of clowns, known as coulrophobia.
 A child’s fear of an unfamiliar face has become widespread, with many developing a fear of clowns. The phobia leads to people in later life being anxious when confronted with a clown costumes, a clown’s facial features and of course their…

This Christmas, bookings to see Santa in his winter wonderland increased by over 1000 at the Stewarts Garden Centres at Christchurch and Broomhill near Wimborne, now a record and the donation to Marie Curie will exceed £3500 from the sale of the special “I’ve Seen Santa’s Real Reindeer” badges. Terry Head, head of retail and…

A man who was responsible for a spate of burglaries across Poole has been sentenced. Billy Banks, 22 and of Poole, was sentenced on 30 December 2015, at Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court for three burglary offences and received a six-month prison sentence suspended for two years. He was also ordered to carry out 100 hours of…

Are you keen to dispose of your Christmas cards in a ‘green’ way? Customers can recycle their Christmas cards at over 1,000 Sainsbury’s supermarkets and convenience stores throughout the country until 13 January at their in-store Christmas card collection points. The recycling service supports the Forest Stewardship Council® UK (FSC® UK) to help protect the…