Councils in Dorset are warning people about calls from an organisation claiming to be from one of the councils offering to reduce their council tax for a fee. These calls are not from, or authorised by, any council. The organisation is offering to reduce the council tax liability upon receipt of a fee of £55.…
Local businesses are being encouraged by Bournemouth Council to apply for grants to get connected to superfast broadband, as part of a scheme announced in the Chancellor’s budget on Wednesday. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the area will benefit as Bournemouth has been named a Super Connected City in the Government’s latest programme of…
There are days when this area has the highest numbers of hours of sunshine – but predictably when we needed the sun, it was cloudy. The solar eclipse was largely uneventful in Ferndown because of the thick cloud but it didn’t mean people weren’t prepared. Ferndown Tennis Club member Shirley Jenner turned up to play,…
Chairman of Ferndown & Heatherlands Soft Play Group said, “The group gives a massive thank you to Ferndown Town Council for the very generous grant of £250 to buy new large play dice and soft play animals for the children and parents that attend the play group every Thursday.
Officers investigating a shoplifting offence in Wimborne have released CCTV images of two suspects. A man and a woman entered Waitrose at Rowlands Hill on Monday, 9 February, around 6.20pm and looked around the wine and spirits aisle. The woman selected a number of bottles of sprits and placed them in her shoulder bag. The…
Poole’s oldest medieval domestic building needs volunteers to help maintain its beautiful historic gardens.
Scaplen’s Court Herb and Physic Garden, seen as an oasis of calm by many who visit, was originally designed in the 1900s by renowned garden architect, George Dillistone.
The UK’s leading marine charity says the Government must produce plan to tackle beach litter. Piles of wet wipes are littering our beaches as more people choose to use moist cloths to remove make-up, replace traditional toilet paper and apply fake tan. According to the latest beach litter data collected by the Marine Conservation Society…
Poll cards are being sent this week to everyone in Christchurch and East Dorset who is entitled to vote at the upcoming elections on 7 May 2015. Due to changes in legislation last year there was no annual canvass so anyone who has moved or has not received a poll card by 5 April may not…
The construction of 54 new extra care apartments at Trinidad House in Rossmore has moved forward this week with the first bricks being laid on site.
Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward after a charity box was stolen from Poole Lighthouse. The incident happened around 3.50am on Saturday 14 March 2015 when an offender broke in and then took the contents of a large charity box in the lobby area. The suspect is described as…