The Marine Conservation Society (MSC) is looking for people to join beach cleans around the Dorset coastline. The UK’s leading marine charity says it hopes people who love the coast around Dorset will take part in a nationwide beach clean event which includes clean-ups at Chesil Beach and Bournemouth. It runs regular beach cleans around…
A remembrance service commemorating the centenary of the First World War was held on Friday afternoon in the Western Front area of the WW1 Display at the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Hundreds made their way across the site to join the memorial in honour of all servicemen and civilians who lost their life in the…
There may be no Premier League or Championship football this week but AFC Bournemouth season tickets holders will still be able to take in a game – and at a specially reduced price – by visiting Cuthbury for next Saturday’s Southern League clash when Wimborne Town FC take on Evesham United. Saturday 6 September has…
The Margaret Green Animal Rescue Centre in Dorset is over £300 better off thanks to the Dorset Funeral Plan.
The plan is run by Douch Family Funeral Directors and the company attended the charity’s Companion Dog Show and Family Fun Day in Church Knowle.
Hampshire Constabulary has announced that Ashya King, the five-year-old boy removed from Southampton General Hospital without consent, was found on 30 August at 8pm following a sighting in the hotel the family were staying in. The hotel staff in Malaga, Spain, recognised Ashya and his family as a result of high levels of publicity in…
Hampshire Constabulary has launched a major investigation to locate a five-year-old boy removed from Southampton General Hospital without consent.
Ashya King has a brain tumor and without treatment there are serious concerns for his welfare. He is likely to be in a wheelchair or buggy, he cannot communicate verbally and is immobile.
Over the weekend of 5- 7 September the Brownsea Island Youth Service Team (BIYST) will be following in the footsteps of the founder of Scouting. Organised by these young volunteers, the Xperimental camp is inspired by Robert Baden-Powell’s Experimental camp held on the island in 1907.
Formed on Canvey Island in Essex in the early 1970s Dr Feelgood remains one of the most popular and exciting live rhythm and blues acts in the world. The raw and uncompromising style of their performance resulted in the album ‘Stupidity’ that immediately went to the number one position in the UK charts. Dr Feelgood…
Bournemouth Air Festival has started with many of the aircraft including The Red Arrows being based at Bournemouth Airport.
It carries on until Sunday 31August with flying and fireworks taking place at night.
A rare dragonfly is now thought to have bred successfully at Moors Valley Country Park near Ringwood.
First recorded in Britain in 1996, the Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) is one of several species of dragonfly to have come over from Europe in the last 20 years to set up home in Britain. Two confirmed sightings have been recorded at the park in the last month.