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Dementia Awareness Week 18-24 May

Help is on hand for people living with dementia.
More than 40 per cent of people affected by dementia have kept concerns about the condition bottled up, according to a poll carried out by Alzheimer’s Society, which has experts ready to give advice in Dorset.

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‘Outstanding’ first school has places

Witchampton First School, just five miles from the centre of Wimborne and seven from the centre of Blandford, is undersubscribed this year. A treat for the parents and children at this Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ school who enjoy the benefit of small class sizes – the largest year group has 10 pupils – and high pupil to…

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Watt A Waste!

Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park has, over seven years, focused on recycling waste and last year achieved a milestone by achieving zero waste to landfill.

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Dorset news

Gypsy and Traveller site for Piddlehinton gets the go-ahead

Planning permission has been agreed for a temporary transit site for Gypsies and Travellers in West Dorset – on condition that 24-hour security is provided. Dorset County Council’s planning committee approved a site in Piddlehinton, near Dorchester, to help tackle the impact of unauthorised encampments around Dorset during the spring and summer months. The same…

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Family Cycles for Conservation!

Dianna Wiseman and Aaron O’Donnell from London and their two daughters were amongst the first families to show their support for the New Forest by hiring bikes from Forest Leisure Cycling in Burley – and making a donation to the New Forest conservation charity, the New Forest Trust. From April this year customers booking bike…

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Dorset news

Wimborne in Bloom coffee morning success

The annual spring coffee morning held at the home of Anthony and Christine Oliver on Saturday morning,17 May, raised £461 for Wimborne In Bloom. On a fine sunny morning around 80 people attended and they were able to sit out and enjoy the garden. A bring and buy stall, a plant sale and a raffle…

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Penguin to ‘fly’ for charity

The Ark’s resident penguin, Tux, is braving new heights and taking on the Diverse Abilities Plus ‘Harbourview 110ft Abseil’, overlooking Poole Harbour, on Sunday 8 June. Tux is encouraging more local people to join him and take part to raise vital funds for the services the Dorset charity runs supporting over 600 children and adults…

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