Organisers of the Great Dorset Steam Fair say it has been a successful year, with improved operations and a bumper weekend for visitors. mags4dorset and friends visited on Saturday and walked almost continuously for five-and-a-half hours and still didn’t manage to cover the whole show-ground. “We sat down four times. Once for a cup of…
Reporting from Peru: Cholita the ‘real-life Paddington bear’ who won the world’s hearts after suffering abuse in the circus has been successfully returned to her native home by Animal Defenders International (ADI). The elderly, hairless bear has been nursed back to health by the animal rescue organisation and relocated in an epic three-day journey over the Andes to a specially-built habitat in the Amazon.
Drivers in and around Bournemouth are being reminded about major roadworks starting in the area this weekend.
Dorset County Council will start rebuilding the A338 Bournemouth Spur Road, between Ashley Heath and Blackwater, on Monday 7 September – with the dual carriageway down to one lane in each direction from 6am Monday.
East Dorset District Council is asking residents in the area for their feedback on proposals for changes to the Allendale Centre in Wimborne to create a building for both community use and district council offices. A consultation is being held from 7 to 25 September at the Allendale Centre, where plans for the proposed enhanced…
A man has been jailed for life for the murder of his ex-partner Sarah Pollock in Bournemouth.
Colin Dymond, 52, of Saltash in Plymouth, appeared at Winchester Crown Court today, Friday 4 September, and entered a guilty plea to killing the 41-year-old in her flat in Avon Close on Wednesday 25 March 2015.
With the first phase of work to secure its future as a world class arts organisation and venue successfully completed, Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts, is ready to re-open its doors for the autumn season. “After more than 35 years of delivering an outstanding cultural provision of live performance to Poole and Dorset our…
33 lions airlifted back home to Africa. Thirty-three lions rescued by Animal Defenders International (ADI) from 10 circuses in Peru and Colombia are going home to their native Africa in the biggest ever airlift of its kind. The lions, who endured years of confinement in cages on the backs of trucks and a brutal life…
The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) held their VIP Hospitality Day at the Bournemouth Air Festival for the seventh year running and it was a huge success raising an incredible £13,800 for the charity. As if by divine intervention the heavy rain stopped just in time for the guests to enjoy a fantastic flying…
Dorset-based Swish of the Curtain Theatre School can be seen in ITV’S ‘Keep It in the Family’ hosted by Bradley Walsh, due to air this Saturday (5 September).
Dorset’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Martyn Underhill, has announced his intention to appoint Colin Pipe as his Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner.