Residents are being encouraged to have their say over the future of counter services at police stations in Dorset. Dorset Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner have been examining all areas of the Force to identify and deliver savings in the face of ongoing cuts to the policing budget. As part…
Wimborne Town returned to winning ways last Saturday with a 2-1 victory over Calor League Division One South & West leaders Merthyr Town at Cuthbury.
Lady Luck smiled on the Magpies as Jason Harvell saved a first half penalty, but Wimborne dominated much of this hard fought encounter.
A Dorset company has come to the aid of animal owners hit hard by the floods in Somerset.
Parley-based Eco Sustainable Solutions has donated 60 bales of its ComfyBed animal bedding.
With the recent celebrations to welcome the Chinese Year of the Horse, it is a cruel irony that Britain’s horses and ponies are likely to be facing the worst 12 months in living memory. This warning comes from The British Horse Society, one of Britain’s leading horse charities. With more equine welfare officers than any…
Take your unwanted toy cars to Sainsbury stores* and help Beaulieu beat the Guinness World Record for the ‘longest line of toy cars’. The current record of 9,795 was set in Guatemala last December. The attempt at Beaulieu will take place on Bank Holiday Monday, 5 May and will be held in the grounds of the attraction…
A 20-year-old man from Sutton in Surrey has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for manslaughter. Lewis Gill pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced on Friday 21 February 2014 at Salisbury Crown Court. He was given a four year prison sentence for manslaughter and a further six months’ imprisonment for other matters committed outside…
A major clear-up operation continues in the New Forest after the weekend’s storm and biggest tidal surge the area has seen for over 25 years.
Over the last week hundreds of council and multi agency staff have been working together around the clock to manage a variety of unprecedented incidents caused by the extreme weather conditions.
New Forest District Council will mark Commonwealth Day 2014 on Monday 10 March by holding a short ceremony and raising the Commonwealth flag at Lymington Town Hall. The council joins 500 other local authorities, community groups and charities throughout the British Isles that will take part in Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth to mark…
Adults in Bournemouth are some of the most active in the country according to a recent report commissioned by UK Active. 150 local authorities across the UK were reviewed in a report called ‘Turning the Tide of Inactivity’ which assessed the scale and impact of physical inactivity across the UK. The report looked at the…
Borough of Poole has welcomed the Government’s decision to provide further support for those people affected by flooding. The Government has announced how the four schemes, aimed at helping both businesses and households that have been flooded, will work. Borough of Poole is keen to make this information available to local people so that they…
