Ringwood Town Centre will be all aglow again this year as the town council puts on its second Christmas Switch On event and promises even more lights than last year. With an additional £4000 obtained in grants from Hampshire County Council and the lottery there will also be lots for the kids to do and…
Timber from a tree planted by the Duke of Wellington has been carved into a special collection of sculptural vessels by wood artist Eleanor Lakelin for a commission celebrating the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo.
The government has today announced the scale of a new round of badger killing as the central plank of its anti-bovine TB campaign. In West Somerset a maximum of 524 badgers can be killed over the coming months under government licence. The figure for West Gloucestershire is 679. In Dorset, which was not part of the slaughter last year, as many as 835 can be destroyed.
Two members of Verwood Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild, Barbara Chisholm and Linda Pearson, met the Princess Royal at the Townswomen’s Guild National AGM in Glasgow recently. They presented a mandate for debate on the long term residential care of people with severe mental or physical disabilities. When care homes close, patients often have to move back…
The demand for emergency food aid continues to increase with growing numbers of adults and children experiencing food poverty. Currently, more than 1,100 people a year are receiving food aid through the Ringwood Foodbank. More than a third of these are children. To meet this growing need, a third distribution centre will shortly be opening…
Residents and wildlife in Milford on Sea are set to benefit from plans to improve wooded areas in the coastal village.
Officers are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a fail-to-stop collision on the A31 near Ferndown. At around 1.15pm on Wednesday 26 August 2015 a road traffic collision took place involving a black Renault Clio heading westbound on the A31 near to the Ashley Heath roundabout. It was reported that…
Detectives are appealing to the public to help identify the intruder who entered two properties in Bovington – with an e-fit image of the suspect being released.
A highly regarded Dorset funeral directors has opened its first new branch in over 100 years in Blandford. Douch Family Funeral Directors now has eight funeral homes across the county and the new Lesley Shand branch has already exceeded the company’s expectations.
A selection of high quality hardy garden plants including bedding, perennials, fruit trees and bushes, alpines, shrubs, climbers, roses and trees will be available at Cherry Tree Nursery’s 25th anniversary plant sale on 12 September 8am-3pm. As well as plants, there will be stalls selling local, ethical and fairly traded produce including crafts from around…