Entries to the Purbeck Marathon 2016 and the shorter Purbeck 16 are now being accepted. The race date is Sunday 18 September with both races starting on the downs overlooking Swanage Pier and finishing on Sandpit Field in Swanage. Billed as ‘More than Just a Marathon,’ runners completing the classic marathon distance of 26 miles…
East Dorset’s Moors Valley Country Park and Forest added a further accolade to its recent tally of awards when it took a Silver Award in the Large Attraction of the Year category of the South West Tourism Awards. The awards were announced at Exeter Cathedral on 4 February.
Over 500 patients at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital each year are given essential clothes to go home from hospital in by Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s Appeal Shop.
Dorset Police and partners are supporting the annual International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on 6 February 2016. Female Genital Mutilation is illegal in the UK, is child abuse and is an extremely harmful practice with devastating health consequences for girls and women. It is sometimes known as circumcision, ‘sunna’ or…
Jackie Phillipson and Richard Blunderfield entertained guests at a stylish exclusive launch party held at The Gate House, Deans Court in Wimborne.
Police investigating an incident of alcohol bilking at a Poole hotel are appealing for witnesses. At 4.40pm on Tuesday 26 January, a man and woman arrived at the Harbour Heights Hotel in a silver Toyota taxi and entered the bar area. During their stay, the couple ordered a large quantity of alcoholic drinks and set…
Borough of Poole has joined the growing number of employers committing to end the stigma and discrimination against people with experience of mental health problems by signing a pledge with Time to Change, which is a campaign run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness.
Bournemouth Hospital Charity is offering one lucky person the chance to spend May half term at the beach with a base to keep their things. The use of a Bournemouth beach hut for the half term week is the Easter raffle top prize with Easter hampers and cuddly toys also up for grabs. Having a…
The Priest’s House Museum & Garden in Wimborne Minster is holding a ‘Faces of the First World War’ public appeal event on Saturday 20 February, 11am to 3pm.d Entry to the museum will be free for visitors attending the event to share their information or for research assistance. The museum is appealing for photographs of…
Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a burglary at Christchurch Hospital. The incident occurred sometime between 9pm on Monday 1 February and 8.40am on Tuesday 2 February on a wing of the hospital that is currently undergoing refurbishment. The wing is situated on the east side of the…
