Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner, Martyn Underhill and his team will be in town on Friday 30 January to meet with members of the public and listen to their views on community safety, crime and policing. The Commissioner will also visit the Dorset Advocacy Service and will be speaking at the Corn Exchange Holocaust Memorial…
Are you bored, fed up with dark nights, cold weather and think there is nothing to do? Are you aged between 12 and 18? Well look no further that Ferndown ATC based near Ferndown Upper School and the Leisure Centre. Following an extremely successful year that saw cadet numbers increase, the staff at Ferndown have…
Katharine Jones, partner and land law solicitor at leading Dorset and Somerset solicitors firm Humphries Kirk, is elected as president of the Dorset Law Society. Katharine takes over the role from Tim O’Sullivan, who has stood as president since 2012. She is the second female to be elected president in the Dorset Law Society’s history, the first…
Responding to the news that the Culture Secretary will review EDF and Eneco’s Navitus Bay scheme following a warning that it threatens the setting of the Jurassic Coast and its UNESCO World Heritage Site status, the Leader of Bournemouth Borough Council, Councillor John Beesley said: “EDF and Eneco’s plans to build the highly contentious Navitus…
Bournemouth Jazz Orchestra, under its leader Tony Waller, is proving increasingly popular through its series of monthly fund-raising concerts. Last year these raised more than £5,000 for school music departments and other good causes.
Following an extensive operation to tackle drug misuse in the Boscombe area of Bournemouth a total of 37 people have been convicted of drug supply offences, with sentences of over 70 years handed down by the courts.
Pancake Day (Tuesday 17 February) will see the cobbled area of Church Street in Christchurch transformed into a race track as chefs, business people and local celebrities grab their frying pans and toss their way to victory in pancake races. The Christchurch Food Festival is holding the pancake races on Shrove Tuesday in front of…
The voluntary team on the Ferndown in Bloom Committee are inviting residents who would like to help steer, support, promote, and possibly even judge the 2015 competition to attend the Annual General Meeting on Thursday, 12 February. The meeting will be held in the Cedar Room at the Haskins Garden Centre restaurant at 4pm.
World record holder and three times London Marathon winner, Paula Radcliffe recently found out about the Christchurch & East Dorset Partnership’s Activate Coast & Countryside project whilst enjoying some time out with family and friends at Moors Valley Country Park.
Verwood Pantomime Society’s 30th anniversary production ‘Aladdin’ by Bradford and Webster is almost ready to roll. The first show is on Saturday 24 January at 2pm and 6.30pm followed by 7.30pm shows on Wed 28th, Thurs 29th and Friday 30th. There are two final shows on Saturday 31st at 2pm and 6.30pm. Tickets are still…
