The Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) ‘Go wild in your garden’ event, in partnership with Haskins Garden Centre in Ferndown, will be held on Monday 27 October, to help local people to learn about wildlife friendly gardening.
England international Hayley Davis, from Ferndown, shot two-under par to win her second title on the US women’s college circuit in the annual Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational in Texas.
The Borough of Poole’s Safer Communities Team and Dorset Police have been successful in obtaining anti-social behaviour orders on three young men who have been involved in anti-social behaviour and criminality in Poole and Bournemouth. The court heard how Karan Patel (aged 19), Bodrul Miah (aged 19) and Sahil Baadkar (aged 17) acted together as…
YELLOW Buses staff have been blowing bubbles to support awareness of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) – a fatal lung disease that thousands are diagnosed with each year.
Wimborne Minster’s annual Commemoration of Benefactors was attended by its Governors on Sunday 12 October. Pictured are the Minster Governors with Dame Canon Sarah Mullally, Canon Treasurer of Salisbury Cathedral,(robed left) who preached the sermon, the Rector, the Revd Vanessa Herrick who presided at the service and is also a Minster Governor a (robed centre) and…
Special constables took over the running of Purbeck Police on Sunday 12 October 2014. The initiative was part of the ongoing Operation Puzzle which allows members of the volunteer police service of Dorset to command and take control of frontline policing duties. The special constables dealt with a range of incidents during the day, supported…
Bob Walter MP (North Dorset) has welcomed action from the Government to tackle the issue of phishing and misleading websites. Following concerns raised by constituents, Bob has welcomed action by the Government Digital Service (GDS) in the Cabinet Office, which has joined forces with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the National Trading Standard Board (NTSB)…
On Sunday October 19, The Friends of the New Forest Airfields will host an exhibition about the Supermarine Spitfire and its links with the New Forest. In addition to the usual displays and models , there will be some genuine Spitfire airframe and engine components on display. The New Forest Airfield most associated with the…
A number of people have rung Ringwood Town Council to say that they have had a phone call to say that the person ringing is doing so on behalf of the council in support of the NHS. The council says this is not true and people should report these calls immediately to New Forest District…
Police are appealing for witnesses after a driver was killed in a collision at Winterbourne Abbas. Officers were called at 8.13am on Monday 13 October 2014 to a two vehicle collision on the A35 Winterborne Abbas to Bridport road, a quarter of a mile east of the Compton Valence junction. A blue Daihatsu Terios was…
