Both Christchurch Borough Council and East Dorset District Council have each agreed a small increase of 1.95 per cent on their element of the Council Tax for 2015/16. The increase equates to around 7p per week for a Band D property and comes in the face of a reduction in government funding for the coming…
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is set to benefit from a £5 million fund from Libor fines which will support air ambulance charities across the UK. The charity is to receive £250,000 from the fund in addition to further savings from the relief of VAT paid by the charity.
Police have issued at CCTV image of a suspect after a shoplifting offence in Poole. At 10.20am on Monday 23 February 2015 a man went into the John Lewis at Home store in Redlands Retail Park and selected a pair of Beats by Dr Dre headphones. He was challenged by a member of staff but…
Dorset Fire and Rescue Service is urging residents across the county to take extra care during 24 hours of industrial action by the Fire Brigades Union. Fires Brigades Union members in Dorset are taking industrial action for 24 hours from 7am today, Wednesday 25 February. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service will be providing a reduced…
Budding entrepreneurs and young professionals from Ferndown Upper School, joined forces with other young people as a groundbreaking model for business education founded in Weymouth prepares to go national. Students and staff from Ferndown Upper School’s Centre of Excellence for Industrial Liaison (CEIL) attended an educational business event held at Budmouth College for students to…
As part of his visit to all the Deaneries across the Salisbury Diocese, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Reverend Nicholas Holtam, visited the Wimborne Deanery meeting at St John’s Church, Wimborne on Thursday 19 February.
In what is a first in the history of East Dorset District Council, and could be the first appointment of its kind in any council in the country, the current vice chairman and Ferndown councillor, Cllr Steven Lugg is to be enrolled as a Yeoman of the Queen’s Bodyguard on Tuesday 3 March, before the State…
Officers in Poole are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following the destruction of a badger sett at the Bourne Valley Nature Reserve at Rossmore.
Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a serious injury road traffic collision in Poole. It happened at around 10.15pm on Sunday 22 February on Wimborne Road at the junction of Bailey Crescent, close to Stanley Green Road. A blue Peugeot 206 was travelling along Wimborne Road when it…
The Haskins Garden Centre team and customers at Ferndown, through their charity wishing well, events and competitions, raised £4626 for their 2014 charity of the year, the Alzheimer’s Society.
