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From Bach to Bond… and beyond!

The award-winning Bournemouth and District Concert Band will be performing a selection of music for all tastes at the Barrington Theatre, Ferndown on 14 March in aid of Lewis-Manning Hospice. The band, which was established in 1990 as a community band, was originally called the Kingsleigh Concert Band, before it evolved a few years later…

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Have you seen this bike?

Officers in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a motorbike (pictured) was stolen from a company in Chickerell, Weymouth. The burglary happened some time between 6pm on Thursday 13 February 2014 and 7am on Friday 14 February 2014 at Barry’s Coaches on Cambridge Road. The offenders forced their…

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Free Wood Chippings and Mulch

Following the recent storms and removal of a number of damaged trees, Ringwood Town Council has  a further supply of free wood chippings and mulch for the town’s residents. Bring your own bags and shovels to  Ringwood Cemetery car park between  8am and 4pm (gates locked promptly at 4pm) to collect them.

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Christchurch Borough Council sets Council Tax

The full Council meeting of Christchurch Borough Council has agreed a small increase in its element of the Council Tax for 2014/15. The Borough Council’s element of the Council Tax will see an increase of less than seven pence per week for a band D property. In his speech to the council, Cllr Mike Duckworth,…

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Blandford charity shop needs volunteers

Lewis-Manning Hospice is urgently looking for volunteers to help in its shop in Blandford. The Poole-based community charity, which offers free specialist palliative nursing care to around 650 people a year in Dorset living with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, is looking for people who can give up a bit of their time to help…

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