Christmas tree recycling has proved to be a big success at Upton Country Park this year, with Poole residents more than doubling the number of trees recycled last year. More than 1,400 trees were collected between 27 December and 11 January in a dedicated area of the car park at Upton Country Park. This compares…
Lawrence’s Ceramics and Decorative Arts auction comprise items from across the globe spanning many centuries of production. In their recent sale, over five centuries of worldwide skill went under the hammer and prices were buoyant. The Oriental ceramics included a Chinese famille rose bowl and cover (£2440) and a Cantonese enamel plaque of seated European…
Historic Dorset town Sherborne was the location for several scenes in the BBC Two drama Wolf Hall which hits our TV screens over the next six weeks, with filming taking place at Sherborne School and other locations in the town.
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner, Martyn Underhill and his team will be in town on Friday 30 January to meet with members of the public and listen to their views on community safety, crime and policing. The Commissioner will also visit the Dorset Advocacy Service and will be speaking at the Corn Exchange Holocaust Memorial…
Are you bored, fed up with dark nights, cold weather and think there is nothing to do? Are you aged between 12 and 18? Well look no further that Ferndown ATC based near Ferndown Upper School and the Leisure Centre. Following an extremely successful year that saw cadet numbers increase, the staff at Ferndown have…
Katharine Jones, partner and land law solicitor at leading Dorset and Somerset solicitors firm Humphries Kirk, is elected as president of the Dorset Law Society. Katharine takes over the role from Tim O’Sullivan, who has stood as president since 2012. She is the second female to be elected president in the Dorset Law Society’s history, the first…
Responding to the news that the Culture Secretary will review EDF and Eneco’s Navitus Bay scheme following a warning that it threatens the setting of the Jurassic Coast and its UNESCO World Heritage Site status, the Leader of Bournemouth Borough Council, Councillor John Beesley said: “EDF and Eneco’s plans to build the highly contentious Navitus…
Bournemouth Jazz Orchestra, under its leader Tony Waller, is proving increasingly popular through its series of monthly fund-raising concerts. Last year these raised more than £5,000 for school music departments and other good causes.
Following an extensive operation to tackle drug misuse in the Boscombe area of Bournemouth a total of 37 people have been convicted of drug supply offences, with sentences of over 70 years handed down by the courts.
Pancake Day (Tuesday 17 February) will see the cobbled area of Church Street in Christchurch transformed into a race track as chefs, business people and local celebrities grab their frying pans and toss their way to victory in pancake races. The Christchurch Food Festival is holding the pancake races on Shrove Tuesday in front of…