Canford School student wins at World Drone Prix 2016
Fifth former Luke Bannister from Canford School in Wimborne has become the official World Champion of FPV Racing following success at the World Drone Prix 2016 in Dubai this week.
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REVIEW: Tell Me On A Sunday starring Jodie Prenger
at Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts. It must be daunting to take on the challenge of touring a show associated with some of the darlings of musical theatre. But it was clear from the opening note of Take That Look Off Your Face that Jodie Prenger was going to make Tell Me On A Sunday her own.
Devon man pleads guilty to manslaughter after death at Holton Heath
A Devon man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges following the death of David Coxon in the Holton Heath area near Wareham.
On 15 March 2016, at Winchester Crown Court Jason James – 41 and of Torquay – admitted the offence. He was arrested on Saturday 5 March 2016 and charged on Sunday 6 March 2016.
Theft of cash in Bridport supermarket
Police in Bridport are appealing for the public’s help after a theft by finding at a supermarket in the town – with a CCTV image of two suspects being released. At around 8.30pm on Thursday 25 February 2016, a man bought some items from Morrison’s supermarket in West Bay Road using a self-service checkout. While…
Learn about New Forest birds at coffee morning
With the start of the ground nesting bird season, New Forest National Park Authority and Hampshire County Council Rangers will be hosting coffee mornings with a twist this spring.
The Observatory at Keyhaven, near Lymington, has been the base for a number of resident artists since its installation last year. Now walkers enjoying the sea wall are being invited to join rangers in this unique location for a coffee, chat and the chance to learn more about the wide variety of birds.
Bringing Back the Bronze Age
Pupils at St Michael’s Middle School in Colehill enjoyed assembly with a prehistoric twist on 9 March, courtesy of the new Wimborne History Festival. It might have been the tales of bodies and bones, or perhaps the replica weapons, but the school’s 510 pupils listened enthralled as eminent archaeologist Julian Richards’ presentation brought the Bronze…
Bournemouth investigation: witness appeal
Detectives investigating an alleged assault in Bournemouth have released a CCTV image of a witness they would like to speak to. At around 3.15am on Sunday 7 November 2015, police were called to reports of an assault outside the Carisbrooke Hotel in Tregonwell Road. A 22-year-old man from Stevenage sustained a broken jaw. He was…
Students take part in budgetary exercise
Students from Ferndown Upper School and Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne have taken part in an exercise to help the Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Steve Lugg, decide on how to spend £1,000 of a ward budget. The students, four from each school, were given the task of coming up with ideas on how…
Bournemouth taxi drivers receive training to help protect children from exploitation
All Bournemouth taxi and private hire drivers are receiving free mandatory training in a bid to help protect children and young people in the town from Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and human trafficking. As National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day (Friday 18 March 2016) approaches, awareness training for taxi drivers is just one of the…
DWT teams up with BNSS for museum open day
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) Great Heath Living Landscape team will be returning to the Bournemouth Natural Science Society’s (BNSS) annual museum open day to give expert advice about wildlife gardening on Saturday 16 April.