Author: Dorset View

Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is encouraging more young people to go outside this summer and enter the Pat Dolbear digital photograph competition, with their up-close snapshots of wildlife.

Poole Quay welcomed the fourth annual Cycle Celebration last week, with thousands of visitors attracted by the cycling activities and information on offer. Now a regular event in the cycling calendar, the Poole Quay Cycle Celebration this year featured the Animal WD-40 Action Sports tour. The team amazed crowds with spectacular aerial bike displays by…

A young volunteer steam locomotive driver is to feature in ITV’s primetime ‘Harbour Lives’ documentary this week as he takes to the controls of the heritage line’s popular ‘Dorsetman’ Sunday lunch train through the beautiful Purbeck countryside – for the very first time.
Twenty-six year-old Billy Johnson drives 120-tonne 1940s Southern Railway Bulleid Pacific class express steam locomotive No 34028 ‘Eddystone’ on Thursday, 31 July, 2014, from 8.30pm in an ITV1 documentary series hosted by Ben Fogle.

The Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s League of Friends and Hospital Appeal Shop have funded 11 additional trolleys to move patients around the hospital, speeding up response times and benefitting thousands of patients. Porters are involved with over 11,000 patient moves every year which equates to more than 200 moves each week. The new trolleys cost around…

Police investigating a double fatal road traffic collision near Weymouth are renewing their appeal for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward.

Wimborne Town legend Paul Roast returned to Cuthbury last Saturday ahead of the game with AFC Bournemouth for a special presentation to commemorate his 14 years of service to the football club.

All things continental were sold from colourful market stalls along Victoria Road in Ferndown over the weekend of 25-27 July. From baguettes to Brie and galettes to garlic, there was much to see and buy. The market arrived in Ferndown after it was cancelled at short notice by Ringwood Town Council and there was no…

Poole is celebrating Green Flag success as three parks in the borough have achieved the sought after national award.