Author: Dorset View

The latest exhibit at the “National Motor Museum, Beaulieu is the 1977 Cadillac Seville once owned by the King of Rock & Roll, Elvis Presley.

Homeless people received their own wash kit this Christmas thanks to the generosity of a long-established Dorset accountancy firm.
Princecroft Willis (PcW), which celebrated its centenary this year, donated 100 wash kits to Routes To Roots (R2R).

A record £6 billion will be spent on tackling potholes and improving local roads between 2015 and 2021, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced. The investment amounts to £976 million a year, enough to fix around 18 million potholes across the country. It is the first time councils have been given locked-in funding over this…

The success and dedication of young Christchurch sportsmen and women has been celebrated at the annual Christchurch and District Sports Council Sports Achievement Awards, held at East Dorset Indoor Bowls Club. This year there were 37 winners, with awards presented by the Mayor of Christchurch, Cllr Denise Jones in December for success across a range…

AFC Bournemouth Captain Tommy Elphick scored big smiles at Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) on 1 December when he surprised leukaemia patient Daniel Hall with a special visit. Daniel was diagnosed with acute leukemia of the blood some weeks ago after being admitted to the hospital’s Emergency Department with suspected septicemia. The 26-year-old dad of one…

Two local runners from Ferndown, Carolyn Pearson and Julie Messer, donated all their sponsorship money to the 2014 Poppy Appeal after completing the Great North Run in Newcastle and the Great South Run in Portsmouth respectively.

Hello, we are Carter and Cocoa, three-year-old border terriers who are full of life and fun. We are very inquisitive but also love cuddles and if you can offer us a home, can you keep us together please, because we are very close. We are being looked after by Waggy Tails Rescue in Dorset, so…