Don’t slip up in slippery slippers
Home Safety and Falls prevention events for older people is set to take place across Dorset this winter.
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VW Polo used in serious assault
Police in Poole are trying to trace a silver VW Polo they believe was used in a serious assault at the viewing point in Sea View Road.
Police were called there at around 10am on Thursday 13 November following reports that a man had been struck by a car and assaulted by several men from the same vehicle.
People’s Millions – Vote for Winton
Vote for Winton Play Garden in the People’s Millions competition on Wednesday 26 November and help turn a disused bowling green at Winton Recreation Ground into a play and activity garden suitable for all children including those with special educational needs. The nature and sensory inspired space will also provide much needed outdoor space for…
Wookey Hole Cheddar – all the way from Dorset and back
Though the cave aged cheddar soon to be arriving in Dorset looks bright, and beautiful, only those who have been lucky enough to undertake a tour of the Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset will be aware of the adventurous journey these cheddars have undertaken on route to our festive cheeseboards.
Berkowitz sought after breaching prison licence
Police in East Devon are actively looking for Simon Berkowitz, a 68-year-old man who is wanted for recall to prison after breaching his prison licence conditions. Berkowitz (pictured) is described as white, 6ft 1″, of slim build and receding, greying hair. Berkowitz, who was convicted of burglary, is believed to be in East Devon area, possibly…
Tools stolen in Verwood
A company van parked securely in a driveway on St Michael’s Road, Verwood was broken into last night (18 November) or in the early hours of this morning (19 November).
Help find Tilly
Officers in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a puppy was stolen in the town. The theft of Tilly the Staffordshire Bull Terrier happened at around 8.15am on Thursday 30 October from outside the owner’s home in Wyke Road. Tilly is six-months-old and has a white face, a…
Levi Roots will cook up a feast in Christchurch
The 2015 Christchurch Food & Wine Festival will have a touch of sunshine in it, whatever the weather, as the headline act will be the Jamaican chef famous for his Reggae Reggae products.
Ebola isolation unit fund swelled by Ringwood’s generosity
“I must give thanks to the very generous people of Ringwood,” said Caroline Millman of the Rotary Club of Ringwood, “For despite all the other calls and charity appeals this time of the year they donated not far short of £500 to our Emergency Appeal towards setting up an Ebola isolation unit in Bo, Sierra Leone.”
Rent paid in crabs!
The St Albans Head station of the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) today paid the annual rent for its base in a former coastguard lookout that is now owned by the Encombe Estate. When Mr James Gaggero, who bought the estate for £20m five years ago, renewed the lease in 2012, he said that he would be content with rent of one crab a year.